Forrest Gregg

Forrest Gregg
No. 75, 79
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	October 18, 1933; Birthright, Texas, U.S.
Died:	April 12, 2019 (aged 85); Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	249 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school:	Sulphur Springs; (Sulphur Springs, Texas)
College:	SMU
NFL draft:	1956 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20
Career history
As a player:
	Green Bay Packers (1956, 1958–1970); Dallas Cowboys (1971);
As a coach:
	San Diego Chargers (1972–1973); Offensive line coach; Cleveland Browns (1974); Offensive line coach; Cleveland Browns (1975–1977); Head coach; Toronto Argonauts (1979); Head coach; Cincinnati Bengals (1980–1983); Head coach; Green Bay Packers (1984–1987); Head coach; SMU (1989–1990); Head coach; Shreveport Pirates (1994–1995); Head coach;
Career highlights and awards
	3× Super Bowl champion (I, II, VI); 5× NFL champion (1961, 1962, 1965–1967); AP NFL Coach of the Year (1976); 7× First-team All-Pro (1960, 1962–1967); 2× Second-team All-Pro (1959, 1961); 9× Pro Bowl (1959–1964, 1966–1968); NFL 1960s All-Decade Team; NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team; NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame; SMU Mustangs Jersey No. 73 honored;
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	193
Fumble recoveries:	8
NFL coaching record:	75–85–1
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Pro Football Hall of Fame

Alvis Forrest Gregg (October 18, 1933 – April 12, 2019) was an American professional football player and coach. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), 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 Green Bay Packers), as well as two Canadian Football League (CFL) teams (Toronto Argonauts and Shreveport Pirates). He was also a college football coach for the SMU Mustangs.

As a head coach, he led the 1981 Bengals to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 26–21.

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