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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1933β2019)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = | caption = Forrest Gregg | position = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Offensive tackle]] | number = 75, 79 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|10|18}} | birth_place = [[Birthright, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|04|12|1933|10|18}} | death_place = [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 249 | draftyear = 1956 | draftround = 2 | draftpick = 20 | high_school = [[Sulphur Springs High School|Sulphur Springs]]<br />([[Sulphur Springs, Texas]]) | college = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] | teams = * [[Green Bay Packers]] ([[1956 NFL season|1956]], [[NFL season|1958]]β[[1970 NFL season|1970]]) * [[Dallas Cowboys]] ([[1971 NFL season|1971]]) | pastcoaching = * [[San Diego Chargers]] ([[1972 NFL season|1972]]β[[1973 NFL season|1973]])<br />Offensive line coach * [[Cleveland Browns]] ([[1974 NFL season|1974]])<br />Offensive line coach * Cleveland Browns ([[1975 NFL season|1975]]β[[1977 NFL season|1977]])<br/>Head coach * [[Toronto Argonauts]] ([[1979 CFL season|1979]])<br/>Head coach * [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ([[1980 NFL season|1980]]β[[1983 NFL season|1983]])<br/>Head coach * [[Green Bay Packers]] ([[1984 NFL season|1984]]β[[1987 NFL season|1987]])<br/>Head coach * [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] (1989β1990)<br/>Head coach * [[Shreveport Pirates]] ([[1994 CFL season|1994]]β[[1995 CFL season|1995]])<br/>Head coach | highlights = ; As a player * 3Γ [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl I|I]], [[Super Bowl II|II]], [[Super Bowl VI|VI]]) * 5Γ [[NFL champion]] ([[1961 NFL Championship Game|1961]], [[1962 NFL Championship Game|1962]], [[1965 NFL Championship Game|1965]]β[[1967 NFL Championship Game|1967]]) * 7Γ First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1960 All-Pro Team|1960]], [[1962 All-Pro Team|1962]]β[[1967 All-Pro Team|1967]]) * Second-team All-Pro (1959) * 9Γ [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1960 Pro Bowl|1959]]β[[1965 Pro Bowl|1964]], [[1967 Pro Bowl|1966]]β[[1969 Pro Bowl|1968]]) * [[NFL 1960s All-Decade Team]] * [[NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]] * [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]] * [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]] * First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1955 All-Southwest Conference football team|1955]]) * Second-team All-SWC ([[1954 All-Southwest Conference football team|1954]]) * [[SMU Mustangs football#Honored jerseys|SMU Mustangs Jersey No. 73]] honored ; As a coach * [[NFL Coach of the Year]] (1976) * [[Cincinnati Bengals#50th Anniversary Team|Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniversary Team]] | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 193 | statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue2 = 8 |regular_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|75|85|1|record=y}}<br>CFL: {{Winning percentage|13|39|record=y}}<br>NCAA: {{Winning percentage|3|19|record=y}} |playoff_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|2|2|record=y}} |overall_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|77|87|1|record=y}}<br>CFL: {{Winning percentage|13|39|record=y}}<br>NCAA: {{Winning percentage|3|19|record=y}} | HOF = forrest-gregg }} '''Alvis Forrest Gregg''' (October 18, 1933 β April 12, 2019) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player and coach. A [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] for 16 seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), he was a part of six [[History of the National Football League championship|NFL championships]], five of them with the [[Green Bay Packers]] before closing out his tenure with the [[1971 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] with a win in [[Super Bowl VI]]. Gregg was later the head coach of three NFL teams ([[Cleveland Browns]], [[Cincinnati Bengals]], and [[Green Bay Packers]]), as well as two [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) teams ([[Toronto Argonauts]] and [[Shreveport Pirates]]). He was also a [[college football]] coach for the [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]]. As a head coach, he led the [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|1981 Bengals]] to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the [[San Francisco 49ers]], 26β21.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/obituaries/forrest-gregg-dead.html|title=Forrest Gregg, Iron Man Lineman for Lombardi's Packers, Dies at 85|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=April 12, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 12, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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