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American football player (1933–2011)

Gerry Huth
Career information
No. 65
Date of birth	(1933-07-23)July 23, 1933
Place of birth	Floyds Knobs, Indiana, U.S.
Date of death	February 11, 2011(2011-02-11) (aged 77)
Place of death	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Position(s)	Guard
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	226 lb (103 kg)
US college	Wake Forest
NFL draft	1956 / round: 24 / pick: 285
Drafted by	New York Giants
Career history
As player
1956	New York Giants
1959–1960	Philadelphia Eagles
1961–1963	Minnesota Vikings

Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1956, 1960)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Gerald Bernard Huth (July 23, 1933 – February 11, 2011) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the 24th round of the 1956 NFL draft.

Postmortem research diagnosed Huth with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.

References

"Jerry Huth". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
"110 N.F.L. Brains". New York Times. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
"The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "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". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

v t e New York Giants 1956 NFL draft selections
Henry Moore Sam Huff Jim Katcavage Don Chandler Fred Cason Ron Nery Don Holleder Ken Braden Johnny Hermann Dick Moloney Ed Crawford John McMullan Ron Melnik Al Portney Tom Mooney Matt Boone Ray Detring Mike Falls Don McComb Jerry Harkrader Bob (Slick) McCool Gerry Huth Harry Spears Bev Buller Gerry Nesbitt Bill Fuller Jim Nelson Wayne Williams

v t e New York Giants 1956 NFL champions
8 Ben Agajanian 11 Don Heinrich 12 Bob Clatterbuck 16 Frank Gifford 20 Jimmy Patton 22 Henry Moore 25 Dick Nolan 27 Herb Rich 29 Alex Webster 30 Bill Svoboda 33 Mel Triplett 34 Don Chandler 40 Gene Filipski 42 Charlie Conerly 44 Kyle Rote 45 Emlen Tunnell 48 Ed Hughes 55 Ray Wietecha 60 Bill Austin 61 Ray Beck 62 Jack Spinks 66 Jack Stroud 65 Gerry Huth 70 Sam Huff 72 Dick Yelvington 75 Jim Katcavage 76 Rosey Grier 77 Dick Modzelewski 78 Walt Yowarsky 79 Rosey Brown 80 Ken MacAfee 81 Andy Robustelli 82 Hank Burnine 84 Harland Svare 85 Bob Schnelker 89 Cliff Livingston Head coach: Jim Lee Howell Assistant coaches: Ken Kavanaugh Ed Kolman Tom Landry Vince Lombardi

New York Giants 1956 NFL champions

v t e Philadelphia Eagles 1960 NFL champions
9 Sonny Jurgensen 11 Norm Van Brocklin 17 Jerry Reichow 21 Jimmy Carr 22 Timmy Brown 25 Tommy McDonald 26 Clarence Peaks 27 Gene Johnson 28 Bobby Jackson 29 John Nocera 30 Theron Sapp 33 Billy Barnes 35 Ted Dean 40 Tom Brookshier 41 Bobby Freeman 44 Pete Retzlaff 45 Don Burroughs 51 Chuck Weber 53 Bob Pellegrini 54 Bill Lapham 55 Maxie Baughan 60 Chuck Bednarik 61 Howard Keys 62 John Wittenborn 65 Gerry Huth 66 Joe Robb 67 Stan Campbell 70 Don Owens 71 John Wilcox 72 Jess Richardson 73 Ed Khayat 74 Riley Gunnels 75 Jim McCusker 76 J. D. Smith 78 Marion Campbell 79 Gene Gossage 83 Bobby Walston 87 Dick Lucas 88 Jerry Wilson Head coach: Buck Shaw Assistant coaches: Charlie Gauer Nick Skorich Jerry Williams

Philadelphia Eagles 1960 NFL champions

v t e Minnesota Vikings 1961 inaugural season roster
10 Fran Tarkenton 14 George Shaw 18 Mike Mercer 20 Tommy Mason 22 Dick Pesonen 23 Jamie Caleb 24 Rich Mostardi 25 Dean Derby 26 Charlie Sumner 28 Dick Haley 31 Clancy Osborne 32 Ray Hayes 33 Mel Triplett 35 Doug Mayberry 39 Hugh McElhenny 40 Jack Morris 41 Gene Johnson 43 Will Sherman 44 Billy Gault 45 Ed Sharockman 47 Justin Rowland 50 Dick Grecni 52 Bill Lapham 54 Karl Rubke 58 Rip Hawkins 59 Jim Leo 62 Bob Denton 64 Mike Rabold 65 Gerry Huth 66 Ken Petersen 67 Grady Alderman 70 Jim Marshall 71 Ed Culpepper 72 Frank Youso 73 Bill Bishop 76 Paul Dickson 77 Lebron Shields 79 Jim Prestel 82 A. D. Williams 83 Don Joyce 84 Dave Middleton 85 Bob Schnelker 87 Gordon Smith 88 Fred Murphy 89 Jerry Reichow Head coach: Norm Van Brocklin

Minnesota Vikings 1961 inaugural season roster

Head coach: Norm Van Brocklin

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