Gene Prebola Explained

Gene Prebola
Number:89, 88
Position:Tight end
Birth Date:30 June 1938
Birth Place:Bronx, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:225
High School:West New York (NJ) Memorial
College:Boston University
Draftyear:1960
Draftround:19
Draftpick:219
Afldraftyear:1960
Afldraftround:2
Pick: First Selections
(by the Houston Oilers)
Pastteams:
Pfr:P/PrebGe00

Eugene Nicholas Prebola (June 30, 1938 – December 10, 2021) was an American football tight end who played four seasons in the American Football League (AFL) with the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 19th round of the 1960 NFL draft. Prebola played college football at Boston University and attended Memorial High School in West New York, New Jersey.[1] He was inducted into the Boston University Hall of Fame in 1991.[2]

Prebola died on December 10, 2021, at the age of 83.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: GENE PREBOLA . profootballarchives.com . September 3, 2014 . September 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904131929/http://www.profootballarchives.com/preb00200.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Gene Prebola . goterriers.com . September 3, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001172640/http://www.goterriers.com/hallfame/prebola-gene.html . October 1, 2015 .
  3. Web site: Broncos mourn the passing of former tight end Eugene Prebola. Ben Swanson . Denver Broncos. 18 December 2021.