:Gene Pepper

{{Short description|American football player (1927–2006)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{No footnotes|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gene Pepper

| number = 61, 60

| position = Offensive lineman
Defensive tackle
Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|22}}

| birth_place = Overland, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|01|16|1927|09|22}}

| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 239

| college = Missouri

| draftyear = 1950

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 71

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 44

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 22

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = PeppGe20

}}

Eugene Francis Pepper (September 22, 1927 – January 16, 2006) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the University of Missouri and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1950 NFL draft.

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Category:1927 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:American football defensive tackles

Category:American football offensive guards

Category:American football offensive tackles

Category:Baltimore Colts players

Category:Missouri Tigers football players

Category:Players of American football from St. Louis County, Missouri

Category:Washington Redskins players

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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