Gene Roberts (football player)

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Gene Roberts
Date of birth:	January 20, 1923 (1923-01-20) (age 85)
Place of birth:	Kansas
Career information
Position(s):	Running back
College:	Tennessee-Chattanooga
NFL Draft:	1946 / Round: 8 / Pick 65
Organizations
As player:
1947-1950	New York Giants
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls:	1
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Eugene O. Roberts (born January 20, 1923 in Kansas) is a former American football running back for the New York Giants of the NFL from 1947 to 1950. He set the NFL and the New York Giants single game rushing record with 218 yards on November 12, 1950 against the Chicago Cardinals. The NFL record was broken by Thomas Wilson of the Los Angeles Rams on December 16, 1956. The Giants single game rushing record stood for over 55 years, until it was broken by Tiki Barber on December 17, 2005.

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