Gene Gossage

{{Short description|American football player (1935–2011)}}

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

{{Infobox CFL biography

| name = Gene Gossage

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|2|17}}

| birth_place = Columbia, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|5|1|1935|2|17}}

| death_place = Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S.

| AFLDraftedYear = 1960

| AFLDraftedRound = 1

| AFLDraftedPick = First Selections

| AFLDraftedTeam = Dallas Texans

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| import = yes

| position1 = Defensive end

| position2 = Defensive tackle

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 240

| playing_years1 = 1960–1962

| playing_team1 = Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1963}}–{{CFL Year|1964}}

| playing_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

| career_highlights =

• NFL champion (1960)
• Grey Cup champion (1963)
• Second-team All-American (1959)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1959)

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Ezra Eugene Gossage (February 17, 1935 – May 1, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=eastedic001| title = Dick Easterly football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats and was selected in the 1958 NFL draft by the Eagles (Round 28, #328 overall). He died in 2011 at the age of 76.{{cite news| url = http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/2203643-former-hamilton-tiger-cats-lineman-gene-gossage-dies/| title = Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats lineman Gene Gossage dies {{!}} TheSpec.com| newspaper = The Hamilton Spectator| date = June 10, 2024}}