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