Gene Felker Explained
| Position: | End |
| Number: | 85 |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Draftyear: | 1952 |
| Draftround: | 19 |
| Draftpick: | 218 |
| College: | Wisconsin |
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| Statlabel1: | Receptions |
| Statvalue1: | 3 |
| Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
| Statvalue2: | 63 |
| Statlabel3: | Touchdowns |
| Statvalue3: | 1 |
| Pfr: | FelkGe20 |
Eugene Marvin "Gene" Felker (March 4, 1929[1] –March 12, 2013) was an American football end in the National Football League for the Dallas Texans (1952). He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Felker was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[2] [3]
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- Web site: Gene Felker Stats. Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- News: The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) . Concussion Legacy Foundation . July 2, 2023 . July 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts . dead .
- News: Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller . Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. . . June 20, 2023 . July 2, 2023 .
