Forrest Gregg
| Forrest Gregg | |
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Positions: Offensive Tackle Head Coach |
Jersey number (s): 75 |
| born October 18, 1933 in Birthright , Texas | |
| died on April 12, 2019 in Colorado Springs , Colorado | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1956 - 1971 | |
| NFL Draft : 1956 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20th | |
| College : Southern Methodist (SMU) | |
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| Career statistics | |
| played games | 193 |
| Fumbles conquered | 8th |
| Coach statistics | 75-85-1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
Alvis Forrest Gregg (* 18th October 1933 in Birthright , Texas ; † 12. April 2019 in Colorado Springs , Colorado ) Nickname : Iron Man was a US American football players and coaches. He played as an offensive tackle with the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). As a player, he won the Super Bowl twice with the Packers and again with the Cowboys in his final season. As head coach , he led the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XVI .
Player career
College career
Gregg played for the SMU Mustangs , the team at Southern Methodist University , as a tackle on both the offensive line and the defensive line . Gregg was too light for this position at 113 kilograms, but he compensated for this disadvantage with speed and agility. During his career in college football , his team could not move into a bowl game . Nevertheless, the NFL scouts became aware of him.
Professional career
1956 Gregg was selected in the NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers in the second round as the 20th player. Gregg, who had actually been signed as a defender, was mainly used in the offense . In 1956, the Packers signed their later starting quarterback Bart Starr , whose protection was one of Gregg's future main tasks. A year later, running back Paul Hornung joined the Packers, and in 1959 Vince Lombardi took over the position of head coach in Green Bay . The Packers became one of the best football teams of the day. They developed moves especially for Forrest Gregg to take advantage of his outstanding speed and maneuverability.
Gregg, who prepared himself for his opponents through intensive film studies, developed into a key player on his team. Due to injury, Gregg also served as a guard from 1961 to 1965 . He also proved himself in this previously unfamiliar position.
The Packers celebrated numerous successes with Gregg, they won a total of five times the championship of the NFL . 1961 and 1962 against the New York Giants with quarterback Y. A. Tittle 37: 0 and 16: 7, in 1965 against the Cleveland Browns with 23:12, 1966 and 1967 against the Dallas Cowboys trained by Tom Landry with 34:27 and 21: 17th The latter game went down in NFL history as the Ice Bowl . Both games against the Cowboys meant the move into the AFL-NFL Championship Game (later renamed the Super Bowl ). In 1967, the Kansas City Chiefs were beaten 35:10 in Super Bowl I. The following year there was a win over the Oakland Raiders 33:14.
In 1970 Gregg wanted to retire at the age of 37, but accepted an offer from the Cowboys, who were looking for players due to numerous injured players. He won another Super Bowl with the Tom Landry coached team from Texas, Super Bowl VI against the Miami Dolphins 24: 3 .
Trainer
Gregg was the head coach of a total of three teams in the NFL. From 1975 to 1977 he coached the Cleveland Browns , from 1980 to 1983 the Cincinnati Bengals and from 1984 to 1987 the Green Bay Packers. His coaching career was not as successful as his playing career. Only in 1981 was he able to lead his Bengals into Super Bowl XVI after a 27: 7 win in the Freezer Bowl , a historically cold AFC Championship Game , against the San Diego Chargers . There, the Bengals lost but then with 21:26 against those of Joe Montana mentioned and Bill Walsh trained San Francisco 49ers .
1979 Gregg coached the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for a year , but was unsuccessful in Canada . From 1989 to 1990 he coached his old college team, but lost 19 of 22 games with the team weakened by the Ponygate scandal . From 1994 to 1995 he had, again unsuccessfully, the coaching position at the Shreveport Pirates, a former US team in the CFL. In 1995 Gregg ended his coaching career. He then was Vice President of the Ottawa Renegades .
Honors
Gregg played nine Pro Bowl times and was elected to the All-Pro team nine times by the American press . He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the Texas Sports Hall of Fame , the National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, and the National Football League 1960s All-Decade Team . In 1976 he was named NFL Coach of the Year . The Sporting News magazine named him one of the greatest football players of all time in 1999. In 2007, she was inducted into the Green Bay Packers' Hall of Fame. His jersey number was banned from his college , and he was inducted into the Southern Methodist University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
Off the field
Forrest Gregg was married with two children. In 2011 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease . He died of this disease. His final resting place is not known.
Web links
- Forrest Gregg in the nndb (English)
- NFL coaching stats from Forrest Gregg
- NFL player stats by Forrest Gregg
- Forrest Gregg in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Forrest Gregg in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
- Obituary in the New York Times
- Obituary and short biography
- Obituary in the kicker
- Forrest Gregg in the Find a Grave database
- Obituary at college
- Forrest Gregg with the Green Bay Packers
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories ( Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hall of Famers in a different color. Pro Football Hall of Fame, March 14, 2016, accessed on January 10, 2017 (English, original article from January 1, 2005): “Gregg played 14 seasons in Green Bay before suiting up for one final year in Dallas in 1971. Although he played for the squad that season, he did not play in Super Bowl VI. "
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gregg, Forrest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gregg, Alvis Forrest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birthright , Texas , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2019 |
| Place of death | Colorado Springs |