Jack Gregory (football player)

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Jack Gregory
Date of birth: October 3, 1944 (1944-10-03) (age 63)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Okolona, Mississippi
Career information
Position(s): Defensive End
College: Delta State
NFL Draft: 1966 / Round: 9 / Pick 139
Organizations
 As player:
1967-1971
1972-1978
1979
Cleveland Browns
New York Giants
Cleveland Browns
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls: 2 (1969, 1972)
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Earl Jackson Gregory (born October 3, 1944 in Okolona, Mississippi) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants in a thirteen year career that lasted from 1967 to 1979. He is unofficially credited with 103 Quarterback sacks for his career (38 with the Browns and 65 with the Giants).[1] The Browns credit him with 14 sacks for the 1970 NFL season, the second-best total in team history.[2]

Gregory played college football at Delta State University. He was elected to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. His father, Jack Gregory Sr., played with the Cleveland Rams in 1941.

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