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Position: | Center | ||||
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Born: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | May 30, 1921||||
Died: | April 9, 1965 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged 43)||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Waco (TX) | ||||
College: |
Baylor Tulane | ||||
NFL draft: | 1943 / Round: 8 / Pick: 68 | ||||
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Lester Boyd "Buddy" Gatewood (May 30, 1921 – April 9, 1965) was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Green Bay Packers.
Gatewood was born in Dallas, Texas, [1] and played college football at Baylor University and Tulane University. [2] He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1943 NFL Draft and played two seasons with the team. [3] He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 43 from a heart attack.