Gene Cronin

Gene Cronin
Date of birth: November 20, 1933 (1933-11-20) (age 78)
Place of birth: Spalding, Nebraska
Career information
Position(s): Defensive end
College: Pacific
NFL Draft: 1956 / Round: 7 / Pick: 74
Organizations
 As player:
1956-1959
1960
1961-1962
Detroit Lions
Dallas Cowboys
Washington Redskins
Playing stats at NFL.com

Gene Edward Cronin (born November 20, 1933 in Spalding, Nebraska) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of the Pacific and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1956 NFL Draft. Cronin was also selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft.