Forrest Gregg
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 18, 1933 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Birthright, Texas | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Sulphur Springs (TX) | ||||||||
| College: | SMU | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1956 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 193 |
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| Fumble recoveries: | 8 |
| NFL coaching record: | 75–85–1 |
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Alvis Forrest Gregg (born October 18, 1933) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and the NCAA. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman for sixteen seasons, he was a part of six NFL championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in Super Bowl VI. Gregg was later the head coach of three NFL teams (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Packers), as well as two Canadian Football League teams (Toronto Argonauts and Shreveport Pirates).
As a player, Gregg was a member of 6 world championship teams (5 with the Packers, and 1 with the Cowboys.)
As a head coach, he led the 1981 Bengals to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the 49ers by a score of 26-21.
Born in Birthright, Texas, Gregg attended Sulphur Springs High School in Sulphur Springs and played college football at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Gregg was a key player on the Packers dynasty of head coach Vince Lombardi that won five NFL championships and the first two Super Bowls in the 1960s. He played mostly at right tackle, but also filled in at guard. Gregg earned an "iron-man" tag by playing in a then-league record 188 consecutive games in sixteen seasons, from 1956 until 1971. He also won All-NFL acclaim eight straight years from 1960 through 1967 and was selected to play in nine Pro Bowls.
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