| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Joe Stafford | |
| Irish: | Seosamh Stafort |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 9 |
| Occupation: | Hotelier |
| County: | Cavan |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Killinkere Seán McDermotts |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Cavan |
| Icposition: | Right corner-forward |
| Icyears: | 1943–1950 |
| Icprovince: | 6 |
| Icallireland: | 2 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
| Icupdate: | 23:18, 18 March 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1918 |
| Death Date: | 17 June 2000 (aged 82) |
| Birth Place: | Killinkere, County Cavan, Ireland |
| Death Place: | St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland |
Joseph Stafford (10 March 1918 – 17 June 2000) was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team.
Stafford played at right full forward and was a prolific goalscorer for Cavan in the 1940s. He is 9th in All-time top Ulster goalscorers chart. His goal was crucial in securing Cavan's famous victory in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. He helped Cavan retain the title the following year against County Mayo. He also won a National Football League medal in 1949/50 season. Joe Stafford was the first man to be sent off in an All-Ireland final. He had been ordered off with fifteen minutes left in the 1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Roscommon.[1] His nephew, Jimmy Stafford, also played with Cavan in the 1960s and 1970s.[2]