Gene Gossage
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| Positions | Defensive end, defensive tackle, guard | ||||||
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| Born | February 17, 1935 Columbia, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | May 1, 2011 (aged 76) Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Wadsworth (Wadsworth, Ohio) | ||||||
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| NFL draft | 1958 (28th round, 328th overall pick) | ||||||
| AFL draft | 1960 | ||||||
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Ezra Eugene Gossage (February 17, 1935 – May 1, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963.[1] He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats and was selected in the 1958 NFL draft by the Eagles (Round 28, #328 overall).[2] He died in 2011 at the age of 76.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dick Easterly football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
- ↑ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats lineman Gene Gossage dies | TheSpec.com". The Hamilton Spectator. June 10, 2024.
Categories:
- 1935 births
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- 2011 deaths
- Sportspeople from Columbia, Tennessee
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- People from Old Saybrook, Connecticut
- Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Connecticut
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Canadian football defensive lineman stubs