Gent, Peter
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- His North Dallas forty, 1973.
- New York times WWW site, Oct. 3, 2011(in obituary published Oct. 2: Peter Gent; George Davis Peter Gent, known as Pete in his playing days; b. Aug. 23, 1942, Bangor, Mich.; d. there Friday [Sept. 30, 2011], aged 69; receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the 1960s whose best-selling novel North Dallas forty portrayed professional football as a dehumanizing business that drove pain-racked players to drug and alcohol abuse)
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George Davis Peter Gent ( JENT; August 23, 1942 – September 30, 2011) was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He became a novelist after his retirement, authoring the best-seller North Dallas Forty. He played college basketball at Michigan State University.
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