Saturday, June 26, 2004

Lipscomb, Gene

Byname of �Eugene Allen Lipscomb� American gridiron football player and larger-than-life �character� whose exploits helped make professional football the most popular sport in the United States during the late 1950s. A 6-foot 6-inch (2-metre), 284-pound (129-kg) defensive tackle, Lipscomb joked that he gathered up all the opponent's players and �peeled them off� until

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