Lester Boyd "Buddy" Gatewood (May 30, 1921 – April 9, 1965) was a

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in the

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(NFL). He played for the Green Bay Packers.

Biography

Gatewood was born in

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, and played college football at

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and

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. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the

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and played two seasons with the team. He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 43 from a heart attack.

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