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==Football champion==
==Football champion==
A halfback, Shell was the captain of the 1939]] championship USC Trojans team, which played twice in the [[Rose Bowl]] in Pasadena, California, having defeated the previously powerhouses [[Duke University]] in 1939 and the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1940. Among his teammates was quarterback and team Most Valuable Player Ambrose Schindler, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. The "Thundering Herd", as the team was known, was coached by the legendary Howard Jones. It was not until the 2000s that USC finally acknowledged the national championship which had been won by the team, because newspaper rankings of the period – which over the years had come to be a more widely recognized standard – had been divided between two other teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trojanwire.com/2008/04/09/joe-shell-captain-american-hero/|title=Joe Shell: Captain, American Hero|publisher=Trojanwire.com|date=April 9, 2008|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usctrojans.com/news/2008/4/8/Joe_Shell_Captain_of_USC_s_1939_National_Champion_Football_Team_Dies.aspx|title=Joe Shell, Captain of USC's 1939 Championship Football Team, Dies|publisher=Usctrojans.com|fate=April 8, 2018|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=obit/>
A halfback, Shell was the captain of the 1939 championship USC Trojans team, which played twice in the [[Rose Bowl]] in Pasadena, California, having defeated the previously powerhouses [[Duke University]] in 1939 and the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1940. Among his teammates was quarterback and team Most Valuable Player Ambrose Schindler, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. The "Thundering Herd", as the team was known, was coached by the legendary Howard Jones. It was not until the 2000s that USC finally acknowledged the national championship which had been won by the team, because newspaper rankings of the period – which over the years had come to be a more widely recognized standard – had been divided between two other teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trojanwire.com/2008/04/09/joe-shell-captain-american-hero/|title=Joe Shell: Captain, American Hero|publisher=Trojanwire.com|date=April 9, 2008|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usctrojans.com/news/2008/4/8/Joe_Shell_Captain_of_USC_s_1939_National_Champion_Football_Team_Dies.aspx|title=Joe Shell, Captain of USC's 1939 Championship Football Team, Dies|publisher=Usctrojans.com|fate=April 8, 2018|accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=obit/>
==Military pilot==
==Military pilot==