Hall of Fame
Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas spent two years as a member of Cumberland's basketball team. For his career, he scored 952 points per game, leading the team in the 1978 season with a .590 field goal percentage. Dallas shot 70 percent from the free throw line and he dished out 72 assists to add to his career stats. Perhaps his most important contribution was 808 rebounds, for an average of 10.9 per game which earned his the nickname "Jumping Joe Dallas." In 1979, his final season, he helped lead his team to Cumberland's first appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. Following graduation, Dallas returned to Atlanta and became a member of the Atlanta Police Department. He is now a 25 year veteran of the department and he holds rank of Lieutenant. He presently resides in Lithonia, Georgia with his wife, Pamela, a 1980 graduate of Cumberland. They are the proud parents of three children: Joseph, Christopher and Andrea, and they enjoy their three grandsons: Cameron, Brice and Chris.
