Art Gob

{{Short description|American football player (1937–2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{more citations needed|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| position = Defensive end

| number = 89

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|11|7}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|5|8|1937|11|7}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| draftyear = 1959

| draftround = 22

| draftpick = 257

| college = Pittsburgh

| teams =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 15

| statlabel2 = Safeties

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 =

| statvalue3 =

}}

Arthur Jerome Gob (November 7, 1937 – May 8, 2017) was a National Football League (NFL) defensive end for the Washington Redskins{{Cite book |last=Troup |first=T. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vX5jBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA295 |title=The Birth of Football's Modern 4-3 Defense: The Seven Seasons That Changed the NFL |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |year=2014 |isbn=9781442237964 |page=295 |accessdate=February 18, 2016}} and in the American Football League (AFL) for the Los Angeles Chargers. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1959 NFL draft. He died on May 8, 2017, at the age of 79.{{Cite web |title=ARTHUR J. GOB's Obituary on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=arthur-j-gob&pid=185345961 |access-date=January 1, 2018 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}

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