Gene Gossage | |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1935 |
Birth Place: | Columbia, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S. |
Afldraftedyear: | 1960 |
Afldraftedround: | 1 |
Afldraftedpick: | First Selections |
Afldraftedteam: | Dallas Texans |
Import: | yes |
Position1: | Defensive end |
Position2: | Defensive tackle |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 240 |
Playing Years1: | 1960 - 1962 |
Playing Team1: | Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
Playing Years2: | - |
Playing Team2: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
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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]