Gene Alderton
Alderton (left) presents Prince Philip an autographed football on October 17, 1957.
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| Position: | Center |
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| Date of birth: | April 3, 1934 |
| Place of birth: | Cumberland, Maryland |
| Date of death: | July 2, 1992 (aged 58) |
| Place of death: | Hyattsville, Maryland |
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| College: | Maryland (1955–1957) |
| NFL Draft: | 1957 / Round: 15 / Pick: 179 by the Detroit Lions |
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Wayne Eugene "Gene" Alderton (April 3, 1934 – July 2, 1992) was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Maryland. He was selected by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League in the 1957 NFL Draft.
A native of Cumberland, Maryland, Alderton attended college at the University of Maryland, where he played as a center on the football team. As a sophomore in 1955, he was pressed into service to replace injured starting center Bob Pellegrini. In 1956, he was an honorable mention Associated Press All-American. The Associated Press also named him to its All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team.
As a senior in 1957, he served as the team co-captain alongside Jack Healy. That season, Maryland played North Carolina in the "Queen's Game"—the first American football game attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Alderton was scheduled to meet the Queen in the pre-game ceremonies. After he lost a tooth in the previous week's game, "university officials speedily ordered up a replacement so he could smile properly when he and the other co-captains were introduced to Elizabeth and Philip". Alderton presented a souvenir football to the Queen and Prince Philip alongside fellow co-captain Jack Healy before the game. The Newspaper Enterprise Association named him an honorable mention All-American. The Atlantic Coast Conference selected him as a member of its All-ACC second team.
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