Birth Date: | July 23, 1933 |
Birth Place: | Floyds Knobs, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Number: | 65 |
Position1: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 226 |
College: | Wake Forest |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1956 |
Nfldraftedround: | 24 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 285 |
Nfldraftedteam: | New York Giants |
Playing Years1: | 1956 |
Playing Team1: | New York Giants |
Playing Years2: | 1959–1960 |
Playing Team2: | Philadelphia Eagles |
Playing Years3: | 1961–1963 |
Playing Team3: | Minnesota Vikings |
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Nfl: | HUT498348 |
Databasefootball: | HUTHGER01 |
Gerald Bernard Huth (July 23, 1933 – February 11, 2011) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the 24th round of the 1956 NFL draft.[1]
Postmortem research diagnosed Huth with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[2] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3] [4]