Greg Pipes should not be confused with Greg Cipes.
| Greg Pipes | |
| Status: | Retired |
| Import: | yes |
| Position1: | Defensive tackle |
| Number: | 61 |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| College: | Baylor |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lbs: | 235 |
| Nfldraftedyear: | 1968 |
| Nfldraftedround: | 12 |
| Nfldraftedpick: | 306 |
| Nfldraftedteam: | Buffalo Bills |
| Playing Years1: | – |
| Playing Team1: | Edmonton Eskimos |
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Greg Pipes (August 4, 1946 – October 15, 2021) was a former award-winning and all-star defensive tackle in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Edmonton Eskimos from 1968 to 1972.[1]
A graduate of Baylor University, he was picked for the 1967 College Football All-America Team and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Pipes played five seasons with the Eskimos. His best year was 1970, when he was an all-star and winner of the DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy as best lineman in the Western Division.[2]
He returned to Baylor after his playing days and earned a law degree. He had a 35-year career with the District Attorney's office in Tarrant County.[3]
Greg Pipes died on October 15, 2021, in Arlington, Texas.[4]