Eugene Oliver Cockrell (10 ga Yuni, 1934 - 16 ga Mayu, 2020) ya kasance dan wasan Kwallon ƙafa na Amurka wanda ya buga wasanni uku tare da New York Titans na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka (AFL). Cleveland Browns na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa (NFL) ne suka tsara shi a zagaye na 28 na Draft na NFL na 1957. Ya buga wasan Kwallon ƙafa na kwaleji a Oklahoma da Hardin-Simmons . Ya kuma kasance memba na Saskatchewan Roughriders na Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU).  An shigar da shi cikin Hall of Fame na Wasannin Panhandle na Texas a shekara ta 2010.[1]

Gene Cockrell
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Pampa (en) Fassara, 10 ga Yuni, 1934
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa 16 Mayu 2020
Karatu
Makaranta Pampa Independent School District (en) Fassara
Hardin–Simmons University
Sana'a
Sana'a Canadian football player (en) Fassara da American football player (en) Fassara
Muƙami ko ƙwarewa tackle (en) Fassara
Nauyi 247 lb
Tsayi 193 cm

Shekaru na farko da aikin kwaleji

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Cockrell  halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Pampa a Pampa, Texas .

fara buga wasan Kwallon ƙafa na kwaleji ga Oklahoma Sooners na Jami'ar Oklahoma . Ya bar Jami'ar saboda aikinsa a matsayin kwararre a zagaye na Rodeo. Ya sake shiga makaranta don ya buga wa Hardin-Simmons Cowboys na Jami'ar Hardin-Cimmons wasa bayan kammala, tare da taimakon Sammy Baugh, cewa ya kamata ya koma kwaleji.[2]

Ayyukan sana'a

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Cleveland Browns na NFL ne suka zaba Cockrell tare da zabin 330 a cikin Draft na NFL na 1957. Ya buga wasanni goma sha biyu ga Saskatchewan Roughriders na WIFU a shekara ta 1957.  Ya buga wa New York Titans na AFL daga 1960 zuwa 1962.

mutu a ranar 16 ga Mayu, 2020, a Decatur, Texas yana da shekaru 85.[3][4]

Rubuce-rubuce

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Manazarta

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  1. "Kwafin ajiya". Archived from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150501001449/http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/eugeneogenecockrell.htm
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131924/http://www.profootballarchives.com/cock00200.html
  4. https://www.hawkinsfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Gene-Cockrell