Gene Washington (American football, born 1947)

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Gene Washington
No. 18
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1947-01-14) January 14, 1947 (age 75)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Career information
High school:Long Beach Polytechnic
(Long Beach, California)
College:Stanford
NFL Draft:1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16
Career history
  • San Francisco 49ers (19691977)
  • Detroit Lions (1979)
Career highlights and awards
  • Pro Bowl (19691972)
  • 3�� First-team All-Pro (1969, 1970, 1972)
  • Second-team All-Pro (1971)
  • NFL receiving yards leader (1970)
  • NFL Receiving Touchdowns leader (1972)
  • First-team All-American (1968)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:385
Receiving Yards:6,856
Touchdowns:60
Player stats at NFL.com

Gene Washington (born January 14, 1947) is a former NFL player who played for the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions as a wide receiver.[1] He played college football for Stanford University,[2] and is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. He was the director of football operations for the NFL from 1994 to 2009.[3][4] He is also a former board member of the National Park Foundation.[5] He has two children.[5]

Living and playing in California gave Washington the opportunity to appear in a number of films and television series. He also served as a commentator for NBC's NFL coverage in the early 1980s and sports anchor at KABC-TV in the late 1980s.

He was the guest of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a State Dinner for Elizabeth II[6] and a State Dinner for Ghanaian President John Kufuor.[7]

In 2015, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Washington to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2015 [8]

Film and television[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gene Washington". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Stanford Athletics (January 1, 2018). "Year-by-Year NFL Draft Picks". gostanford.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Gene Washington Will be Inducted into the John McLendon Minority Athletics Directors Hall of Fame". nacda.com. January 20, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. ^ FitzGerald, Tom (March 4, 2009). "Catching Up With: Gene Washington". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via sfgate.com.
  5. ^ a b "Gene Washington". afcf.us. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Guest List for the State Dinner in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh".
  7. ^ "Guest List for the State Dinner in Honor of His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs. Theresa Kufuor".
  8. ^ "Professional Researchers Association Hall of Very Good Class of 2015". Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

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