Gene Gedman
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Position: | Running back | ||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth: | January 9, 1932 | ||
Place of birth: | Duquesne, Pennsylvania | ||
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Place of death: | Chicago, Illinois | ||
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High school: | Duquesne (PA) | ||
College: | Indiana | ||
NFL draft: | 1953 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15 | ||
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Eugene William "Gene" Gedman (January 9, 1932 – August 19, 1974) was an American football player, a running back for four seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, 1953 and 1956 through 1958. The Lions won league titles in 1953 and 1957. He served in the military during the 1954 and 1955 seasons.[1][2][3]
Born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, a suburb southeast of Pittsburgh, Gedman graduated from Duquesne High School in 1949. He played college football at Indiana University in Bloomington, where he was the Hoosiers' captain and most valuable player (twice), and All-Big Ten.[4] He played in the East–West Shrine Game and was selected by the Lions in the second round of the 1953 NFL draft, the fifteenth overall pick.
During his fifth training camp, Gedman was waived by the Lions in mid-September 1959.[5] A few days later he was later withdrawn from waivers and put on the inured list, due to a knee injury from the previous season.[6] In 1963, he won a $15,000 workmen's compensation settlement from the club.[7][8]
After football
In the early 1960s, Gedman coached in the United Football League, at Indianapolis and Grand Rapids,[9] and was a pension administrator for the city of Detroit.[10] He was later a sales manager for a fire extinguisher company in Chicago. Gedman died at home in 1974 of a heart attack at age 42.[11]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference ·
- Indiana University Athletic Hall of Fame – Gene Gedman
- Gene Gedman football cards
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