| Joe Kilgrow | |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Alabama |
| Player Years1: | 1935 - 1937 |
| Player Team1: | Alabama |
| Player Positions: | Halfback |
| Coach Years1: | 1938 - 1939 |
| Coach Team1: | Alabama (freshmen backfield) |
| Coach Years2: | 1940 - 1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Mercer (backfield) |
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Joseph Flinn Kilgrow (August 30, 1917 – July 21, 1967) was a college football player and coach.
Kilgrow was born August 30, 1917, in Montgomery, Alabama. He attended Sidney Lanier High School.
Kilgrow was a prominent halfback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama.[1]
See main article: 1937 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Kilgrow was selected a first-team All-American by the International News Service.[2] In 1938, he finished 5th in the Heisman voting. He was drafted in the second round of the 1938 NFL Draft.[3]
He coached the backfield of the freshman team at his alma mater and the varsity backfield at Mercer before his career was interrupted by the war.[4] He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[5]