Gene Gossage
Born: | Columbia, Tennessee | February 17, 1935
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Died: | May 1, 2011 Old Saybrook, Connecticut | (aged 76)
Career information | |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | DE/DT |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
AFL draft | 1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: First Selections |
Drafted by | Dallas Texans |
Career history | |
As player | |
1960–1962 | Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
1963–1964 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Ezra Eugene Gossage (February 17, 1935 – May 1, 2011) was an American and Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Philadelphia Eagles. He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963.[1] He played college football at Northwestern University and was drafted in the 1958 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles (Round 28, #328 overall). He died in 2011 at the age of 76.[2]
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- 1935 births
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- 2011 deaths
- People from Columbia, Tennessee
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- People from Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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