Gene Washington (American football, born 1947)
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 14, 1947 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ||||||||
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| High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly | ||||||||
| College: | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16 | ||||||||
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Gene Washington (born January 14, 1947) was an NFL player for many years who played for the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions as a wide receiver. During college, he played football for Stanford University. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity, and was their first black member. He was the director of football operations for the NFL until 2009.[1] He is also on the board of the National Park Foundation. He has two children, a daughter, Kelly Washington who currently attends UCLA and a son, Daniel Washington who attends Pepperdine University.
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[2] and a State Dinner for Ghanaian President John Kufuor.[3]
In 2015, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Washington to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2015 [4]
Film and television
- 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
- ↑ FitzGerald, Tom (March 4, 2009). "Catching Up With: Gene Washington".
- ↑ "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".
- ↑ "Professional Researchers Association Hall of Very Good Class of 2015". Retrieved November 10, 2016.