Paul Gibson (wide receiver)
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Paris, Arkansas, United States | June 20, 1948
Died: | May 23, 1975 El Paso, Texas, United States | (aged 26)
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Texas-El Paso |
NFL Draft: | 1972 / Round: 8 / Pick: 183 |
Career history | |
Paul Dean Gibson (June 20, 1948 – May 23, 1975)[1][2] was a wide receiver in the National Football League.
Career[]
A track star at University of Texas at El Paso, Gibson won the 1970 NCAA high hurdles title. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills and was a member of the Green Bay Packers that season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Texas at El Paso.[3] After appearing in one game for the Packers, he signed with the International Track Association in 1974.
He died from injuries suffered in an auto accident in 1975.[4]
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Categories:
- People from Paris, Arkansas
- Track and field athletes in the National Football League
- Green Bay Packers players
- American football wide receivers
- American male hurdlers
- UTEP Miners football players
- UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Arkansas
- Players of American football from Arkansas
- 1948 births
- 1975 deaths
- Road incident deaths in Texas
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs