Forrest Gregg
American football player and coach (1933–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alvis Forrest Gregg (October 18, 1933 – April 12, 2019) was an American professional football player and coach. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), he was a part of six NFL championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in Super Bowl VI. Gregg was later the head coach of three NFL teams (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and Green Bay Packers), as well as two Canadian Football League (CFL) teams (Toronto Argonauts and Shreveport Pirates). He was also a college football coach for the SMU Mustangs.
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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Born: | (1933-10-18)October 18, 1933 Birthright, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
Died: | April 12, 2019(2019-04-12) (aged 85) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 249 lb (113 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Sulphur Springs (Sulphur Springs, Texas) | ||||||
College: | SMU | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1956 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20 | ||||||
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As a head coach, he led the 1981 Bengals to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 26–21.[1]