Jack Gregory (defensive end)

Jack Gregory
No. 81
Date of birth	October 3, 1944
Place of birth	Okolona, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death	March 2, 2019 (aged 74)
Place of death	Amory, Mississippi, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Defensive end
US college	Chattanooga; Delta State
AFL draft	1966 / Round: Red Shirt 1 / Pick: 9
Drafted by	Buffalo Bills
NFL draft	1966 / Round: 9 / Pick: 139
Career history
As player
1967–1971	Cleveland Browns
1972–1978	New York Giants
1979	Cleveland Browns
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-Pro (1972); 2× Pro Bowl (1969, 1972); NFL sacks leader (1972);
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com; Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Earl Jackson Gregory Jr. (October 3, 1944 – March 2, 2019) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants in a 13-year career that lasted from 1967 through 1979. He is unofficially credited with 103 quarterback sacks for his career (38 with the Browns and 65 with the Giants).^[2] The Browns credit him with 14 sacks for the 1970 NFL season, the second-best total in team history.^[3]

Gregory played college football at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Delta State University. He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. His father, Jack Gregory Sr., played with the Cleveland Rams in 1941. Gregory died March 2, 2019, in Monroe County, Mississippi.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "1966 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
^ "giants.com". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ "clevelandbrowns.com". Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ "Okolona NFL veteran Gregory dies at age 74". 2 March 2019.

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