Gene Lipscomb

Gene Lipscomb

Lipscomb c. 1961
No. 85, 78, 76
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1931-08-09)August 9, 1931 Uniontown, Alabama, U.S.
Died:	May 10, 1963(1963-05-10) (aged 31) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	306 lb (139 kg)
Career information
High school:	Miller (Detroit, Michigan)
College:	None
Undrafted:	1953
Career history
Los Angeles Rams (1953–1955) Baltimore Colts (1956–1960) Pittsburgh Steelers (1961–1962)
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1958, 1959) 2× First-team All-Pro (1958, 1959) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1960, 1961) 3× Pro Bowl (1958, 1959, 1962) NFL sacks leader (1961) (unofficial) Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (2012)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 112 Games started: 97 Sacks: 30.5 (unofficial) Interceptions: 1 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Eugene Allen Lipscomb (August 9, 1931 – May 10, 1963) was an American professional football defensive tackle and occasional professional wrestler who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was known by the nickname "Big Daddy", due to his habit of calling everyone around him "Little Daddy".^[1]

Lipscomb was twice selected as a first-team All-Pro, twice chosen for the second All-Pro team, and twice NFL Champion as a member of the Baltimore Colts. At 6'6" tall and tipping the scales around 300 pounds, while still blessed with superior speed and agility, Lipscomb is regarded as a prototype of the modern ultra-athletic interior defensive lineman.

A womanizer who was prone to debauchery, Lipscomb died at age 31 of accidental heroin overdose. Due in large measure to these personal foibles, he has never been included on the ballot for possible election to the Professional Football Hall of Fame.