Athletic Hall of Fame

At Rochester:

• Played on the 1920 and 1921 football teams at right tackle, center, and right guard
• Earned Little All-American at right tackle
• Heavyweight wrestler, and named captain during his sophomore year
• Threw the discus, shot put, and javelin on the track team and competed in the Penn Relays
• Two years of interclass and intramural basketball
• Captain of interclass baseball
• Frosh Frolic Committee
• Soph Hop Committee
• Soph Joll
• Wearer of the R

Post-Graduate:

• Forced to leave the UR because of financial reasons after his sophomore year
• Signed with the NFL's Rochester Jeffersons in 1923
• Received a letter from Pete Rozelle congratulating him as being one of the pioneers of the NFL
• Main event boxer and wrestler in Central and Western New York fighting as "Irish Joe McShea" or "Farmer Joey McShea"
• Sportswriter George Beahon says of his athletic accomplishments, "McShea's name belongs in the very top echelon of all-time Rochester athletes, amateur or professional."
• Inducted into the Section V Football Hall of Fame
• Passed away on December 21, 1985 leaving his 2 children and 12 grandchildren