Gene Derricotte
Halfback, American football player
1926 –
Who is Gene Derricotte?
Eugene "Gene" Derricotte is a former American football player who played with the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1944 to 1948. He was one of the University's first African American athletes in the era when NCAA Division I college football was beginning to integrate. Derricotte established school records that still stand as a punt returner for the Michigan Wolverines football team. He also established several short-lived school interceptions records. Derricotte also served as a Tuskegee Airman and later had a successful career in dentistry while continuing to serve in the military.
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- Born
- Jun 14, 1926
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- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Lived in
- Fostoria
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on July 23, 2013
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