Gene Washington (American football, born 1947)
Gene Washington (born January 14, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions.[1] He played college football for Stanford University,[2] and is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. He was one of two wide receivers in the NFL with the same name during the first five year of his career as an active player, but neither were ever teammates.[3] He was the director of football operations for the NFL from 1994 to 2009.[4][5] He is also a former board member of the National Park Foundation.[6] He has two children, Daniel and Kelly.[6]
Washington in 1965 | |||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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| Born: | January 14, 1947 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Long Beach Polytechnic (Long Beach, California) | ||||||
| College: | Stanford | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16 | ||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
Living and playing in California gave Washington the opportunity to appear in a number of films and television series. He also served as a commentator for NBC's NFL coverage in the early 1980s and sports anchor at KABC-TV in the late 1980s.
He was the guest of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a State Dinner for Elizabeth II[7] and a State Dinner for Ghanaian President John Kufuor.[8]
In 2015, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Washington to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2015.[9]
Film and television edit
- Banacek episode "Let's Hear It for a Living Legend" (1972) as Clay Mills
- The Mod Squad episode "The Connection" (1972)
- Black Gunn (1972) as Elmo
- The Black Six as Bubba Daniels
- Airport 1975 (1974) as himself, uncredited
- McMillan & Wife episode "Guilt by Association" as Luke Johnson
- Lady Cocoa (1975) as Doug
References edit
- ^ "Gene Washington". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ Stanford Athletics (January 1, 2018). "Year-by-Year NFL Draft Picks". gostanford.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ Wallace, William N. "Vikings’ Defense vs. 49ers’ Offense," The New York Times, Wednesday, December 23, 1970. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Gene Washington Will be Inducted into the John McLendon Minority Athletics Directors Hall of Fame". nacda.com. January 20, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ FitzGerald, Tom (March 4, 2009). "Catching Up With: Gene Washington". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via sfgate.com.
- ^ a b "Gene Washington". afcf.us. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Guest List for the State Dinner in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh".
- ^ "Guest List for the State Dinner in Honor of His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs. Theresa Kufuor".
- ^ . Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
External links edit
- Gene Washington at IMDb