Gene Cockrell

{{Short description|American football player (1934–2020)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gene Cockrell

| image =

| number = 67, 70

| position = Offensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|6|10}}

| birth_place = Pampa, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|5|16|1934|6|10}}

| death_place = Decatur, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 247

| high_school = Pampa (TX)

| college = Hardin–Simmons

| draftyear = 1957

| draftround = 28

| draftpick = 330

| pastteams =

• Saskatchewan Roughriders (1957)
• New York Titans (1960–1962)

|highlights =

• National champion (1955)

| pfr = C/CockGe20

}}

Eugene Oliver Cockrell (June 10, 1934 – May 16, 2020) was an American football offensive tackle who played three seasons with the New York Titans of the American Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in the 28th round of the 1957 NFL draft. He played college football at Oklahoma and Hardin–Simmons. He was also a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU).{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1957wifusas.html | title=1957 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU) | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=April 30, 2015}} He was inducted into the Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/eugeneogenecockrell.htm |title=Eugene Oliver 'Gene' Cockrell |publisher=oldestlivingprofootball.com |access-date=April 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501001449/http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/eugeneogenecockrell.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2015 }}