Gene Filipski
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Position: | Halfback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Webster, Massachusetts | June 14, 1931
Died: | August 23, 1994 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (aged 63)
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Grant Union (Sacramento, California) |
College: | Villanova |
NFL Draft: | 1953 / Round: 7 / Pick: 83 |
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Eugene C. Filipski (June 14, 1931 – August 23, 1994) was an American football halfback who played two seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 1953 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at the United States Military Academy before transferring to Villanova University. Filipski attended Grant Union High School in Sacramento, California. He was also a member of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.[1]
References[]
- ^ Olderman, Murray (September 5, 1952). "Stampede Of Recruiters For Ousted Army Gridders Faded Before It Began; Most Schools Shrank Behind Their Ivy". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- 1994 deaths
- Players of American football from Massachusetts
- American football halfbacks
- Army Black Knights football players
- Villanova Wildcats football players
- New York Giants players
- Calgary Stampeders players
- People from Webster, Massachusetts
- Sportspeople from Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Military personnel from Massachusetts
- American football running back, 1930s birth stubs