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In 2019, despite currently not being in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], he was chosen as a finalist for the NFL's [[National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team|100th Anniversary Team]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/defensive-lineman-finalists-revealed-for-nfl-100-all-time-team-0ap3000001080708|title=Defensive lineman finalists revealed for NFL 100 All-Time Team|website=NFL.com}}</ref>
In 2019, despite currently not being in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], he was chosen as a finalist for the NFL's [[National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team|100th Anniversary Team]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/defensive-lineman-finalists-revealed-for-nfl-100-all-time-team-0ap3000001080708|title=Defensive lineman finalists revealed for NFL 100 All-Time Team|website=NFL.com}}</ref>

==Professional Wrestling Career==
During the off-season of 1960 and 1961, Lipscomb worked in professional wrestling.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=13853}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==

Revision as of 14:00, 30 June 2023

Gene Lipscomb
refer to caption
circa 1961
No. 85, 78, 76
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:(1931-08-09)August 9, 1931
Uniontown, Alabama, U.S.
Died:May 10, 1963(1963-05-10) (aged 31)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:306 lb (139 kg)
Career information
High school:Miller (Detroit, Michigan)
College:None
Undrafted:1953
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:30.5
Safeties:1
Interceptions:1
Player stats at PFR

Eugene Allen "Gene" Lipscomb (August 9, 1931 – May 10, 1963) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons and a professional wrestler. He was known by the nickname "Big Daddy".[2][3]

Early life

Born in Uniontown, Alabama, Lipscomb never knew his father, and moved to Detroit, Michigan, at age three with his mother. When he was eleven, his mother was murdered in the neighborhood where they lived, and he moved in with his maternal grandparents.

Professional career

After graduating from Miller High School, Lipscomb did not attend college and instead served in the United States Marine Corps, where he was stationed at Camp Pendleton and played on the camp's football team.

Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Rams in 1953, Lipscomb played for them through 1955, then was waived in September 1956 and claimed by the Baltimore Colts.[4] In two of his five seasons there, 1958 and 1959, he earned a spot in the Pro Bowl, and was instrumental in the Colts' two consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959, playing alongside hall of famers Gino Marchetti and Art Donovan.

In July 1961, Lipscomb was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers with center Buzz Nutter for receiver Jimmy Orr, defensive tackle Joe Lewis, and linebacker Dick Campbell.[5][6][7] Lipscomb's final NFL game was after the 1962 season at the Pro Bowl in January 1963, in which he was voted lineman of the game.[8][9] During the 1959–60 and 1960–61 off-seasons, he was a professional wrestler.

The Professional Football Researchers Association named Lipscomb to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2006.[10]

In 2019, despite currently not being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he was chosen as a finalist for the NFL's 100th Anniversary Team[11]

Professional Wrestling Career

During the off-season of 1960 and 1961, Lipscomb worked in professional wrestling.[12]

Death

On May 10, 1963, Lipscomb died of an overdose of heroin,[2][13] on Brice Street in Baltimore, Maryland, at the apartment of Timothy Black.[3][14][15] His funeral was in Detroit and he was buried at Lincoln Park Memorial Cemetery.[16]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Unofficial
  2. ^ a b "Grid star Lipscomb dies, narcotics use suspected". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. May 11, 1963. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b "Lipscomb dies under mysterious circumstances". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 10, 1963. p. 2B.
  4. ^ "Colts list biggest tan contingent; await Skins". Baltimore Afro-American. (Maryland). September 15, 1956. p. 22.
  5. ^ "Lipscomb to join Steelers in 3-2 deal involving Orr". Pittsburgh Press. July 19, 1961. p. 38.
  6. ^ Miller, Jimmy (July 20, 1961). "Steelers trade Orr, Lewis and Campbell". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 27.
  7. ^ "Ewbank stresses youth movement for Colts". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 20, 1961. p. 18.
  8. ^ "East stars score 30-20 upset in Pro Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 14, 1963. p. 22.
  9. ^ "Jim Brown helps Sherman defeat Lombardi". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. January 14, 1963. p. 14.
  10. ^ "Hall of Very Good Class of 2006". Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  11. ^ "Defensive lineman finalists revealed for NFL 100 All-Time Team". NFL.com.
  12. ^ https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=13853. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Steeler star Lipscomb dies, dope hinted". Pittsburgh Press. May 10, 1963. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Heroin caused Lipscomb death". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. May 15, 1963. p. 1.
  15. ^ "New law may result in freedom". Baltimore Afro-American. (Maryland). July 27, 1963. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Final respects paid Lipscomb". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. May 16, 1963. p. 46.

External links

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