Gene Washington (American football, born 1947)
Gene Washington (born January 14, 1947) was an NFL player for many years who played for the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions as a wide receiver. During college, he played football for Stanford University. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity, and was their first black member. He was the director of football operations for the NFL until 2009.[1] He is also on the board of the National Park Foundation. He has two children, a daughter, Kelly Washington who currently attends UCLA and a son, Daniel Washington who attends Pepperdine University.
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[2] and a State Dinner for Ghanaian President John Kufuor.[3]
Film and television
- Banacek episode "Let's Hear It for a Living Legend" (1972) as Clay Mills
- The Mod Squad episode "The Connection" (1972)
- Black Gunn (1972) as Elmo
- The Black Six as Bubba Daniels
- Airport 1975 (1974) as himself, uncredited
- McMillan & Wife episode "Guilt by Association" as Luke Johnson
- Lady Cocoa (1975) as Doug
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