Gary Roger Lewis (February 22, 1942 – December 12, 1986) was a professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Ther ...

in the

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. He played seven seasons for the

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

(1964–1969) and the

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(1970). Lewis was one of three 1964 San Francisco 49ers teammates (with

Bob Waters Robert Lee Waters (June 22, 1938 – May 29, 1989) was an American football player, coach, and administrator, best known for his contributions to athletics at Western Carolina University. Waters coached the Western Carolina Catamounts football tea ...

and Matt Hazeltine) who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.Wallis, Cladia (February 23, 1987)
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* 1942 births 1986 deaths Players of American football from New Orleans American football fullbacks Washington State Cougars football players Arizona State Sun Devils football players San Francisco 49ers players New Orleans Saints players Neurological disease deaths in the United States Deaths from motor neuron disease {{runningback-1940s-stub