{"id":11203,"date":"2025-01-15T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsengine-develop.go-vip.net\/lexsporting\/?post_type=sec_roster&#038;p=11203"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:33:08","slug":"joe-hafferty","status":"publish","type":"sec_roster","link":"https:\/\/sportsengine-develop.go-vip.net\/lexsporting\/roster\/joe-hafferty\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Hafferty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3393\" height=\"3393\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsengine-develop.go-vip.net\/lexsporting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/02\/Joe_Hafferty_02TQ-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27530\" 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