Gene Gossage

Gene Gossage
Date of birth (1935-02-17)February 17, 1935
Place of birth Columbia, Tennessee
Date of death May 1, 2011(2011-05-01) (aged 76)
Place of death Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) DE/DT
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 240 lb (110 kg)
Career history
As player
19601962 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)
19631964 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
  • NFL League Champion (1960)
  • Grey Cup champion (1963)

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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