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GreggThe 6-4 lineman from Birthright, Texas (just north of Sulphur Springs) is 78. He went to SMU and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers, where he won two Super Bowls (I, II). He also wound up playing in every Packers' game from 1956-71, a streak of 188 games. He was named to the Pro Bowl nine times and the First Team All Pro seven times.
He finished his career with the Dallas Cowboys winning a third Super Bowl (VI). Afterwards, he became a coach compiling a 75-85 NFL record between the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals. His best season was a 12-4 year in 1980 when he took the Bengals to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers. Sam Wyche, later, would feel his pain.
Gregg's other local notable note was his hiring of coach of the SMU Mustangs in 1989 -- a sort of renewing of football at the university who had gotten the "Death Penalty" for NCAA infractions and canceling the 1987 and 1988 seasons. Gregg's teams went 2-9 and 1-10. He was named athletic director his second season and served there until 1994.
Not to start pouring dirt on the casket, but you don't wake up with Parkinson's disease and announce it to the world. Much like Joe Frazier's illness and subsequent death, who knows when news could come down.
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