Joy Berquist

Jay Theodore John "Joy" Berquist (July 30, 1901 – May 18, 1942) was an American football player. Born in Loomis, Nebraska, he attended high school in Lincoln, Nebraska. He then enrolled at Nebraska University and played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1921 to 1923. He next played professional football for the Akron Pros/Indians in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Blues (1924), Kansas City Cowboys (1926), and Chicago Cardinals (1927). He was selected as a second-team All-Pro end in 1926. After retiring from football, Berquist became a lawyer in Lexington, Nebraska, and then a Dawson County judge. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1942 at age 40.