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Position: | Defensive tackle / Defensive end | ||||||||
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Born: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | October 10, 1944||||||||
Died: | January 21, 2023 Spokane, Washington, U.S. | (aged 78)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Stanford | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1966 / round: 2 / pick: 20 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1966 / round: 6 / pick: 49 | ||||||||
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Gary Louis Pettigrew (October 10, 1944 – January 21, 2023) was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. He played college football at Stanford University and was drafted in the second round of the 1966 NFL draft. Pettigrew was also selected in the sixth round of the 1966 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers.
Pettigrew died after a long battle with myelodysplastic syndrome on January 21, 2023, at the age of 78.[1]