| Joe Lindahl | |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Tilden, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sun City, Arizona, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1937–1940 |
| Player Team1: | Wayne State (NE) |
| Player Years2: | 1944 |
| Player Team2: | Ellington Field |
| Player Years3: | 1945 |
| Player Team3: | New York Giants |
| Player Positions: | Guard, end |
| Coach Years1: | 1949–1951 |
| Coach Team1: | Columbus HS (NE) |
| Coach Years2: | 1952 |
| Coach Team2: | Cozad HS (NE) |
| Coach Years3: | 1953 |
| Coach Team3: | Colorado State–Greeley (line) |
| Coach Years4: | 1954–1962 |
| Coach Team4: | Colorado State–Greeley |
| Admin Years1: | 1963–? |
| Admin Team1: | Northern Colorado (assistant AD) |
| Admin Years2: | ?–1982 |
| Admin Team2: | Northern Colorado |
| Overall Record: | 35–44–4 (college) |
Virgil Youngquist "Joe" Lindahl (March 14, 1919 – January 11, 2008) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Colorado State College—now known as University of Northern Colorado—in Greeley, Colorado from 1954 to 1962, compiling a record of 35–44–4.
Lindahl was born on March 14, 1919, in Tilden, Nebraska, to August and Ellen (Youngquist) Lindahl. He attended Tilden High School and the played college football and college basketball at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. Lindahl served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1941 to 1944 and played on the 1944 Ellington Field Fliers football team.[1] He earned a Master of Arts degree from Colorado State College in 1949 and a doctorate from Indiana University Bloomington in 1964. Lindahl died on January 11, 2008, in Sun City, Arizona.[2] [3] [4]