No. 22 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | FB/RB | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | February 22, 1942 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||
Date of death: | December 12, 1986 | (aged 44)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | San Francisco (CA) Poly | ||||||||
College: | Arizona State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 6 / Pick: 71 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1964 / Round: 22 / Pick: 169 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
|
Rushing attempts-yards: | 343-1421 |
---|---|
Receptions-yards: | 72-604 |
Touchdowns: | 18 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Gary Roger Lewis (February 22, 1942 – December 12, 1986) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers (1964–1969) and the New Orleans Saints (1970). Lewis was one of three 1964 San Francisco 49ers teammates (with Bob Waters and Matt Hazeltine) who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.