Small Town Legends - Gene Hickerson Traditional Cache
Small Town Legends - Gene Hickerson
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You are looking for a film canister. We would suggest pulling onto the available side road instead of the main highway, which can be busy at times.
This cache is placed in honor of Trezevent's Gene Hickerson, who played football at Trezevent High School and went onto fame playing football at Ole Miss and in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns.
Hickerson was a six-time NFL Pro-Bowl offensive lineman who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Gene was drafted in the seventh round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Browns. He was promptly shifted to the guard position on the offensive line in 1958 to better utilize his speed.
After three seasons in the league, he broke his leg in 1961 and fractured the leg again later in the season while watching a game from the sidelines. After missing two games in 1962, he recovered from the injury and never missed another game in his professional tenure. Hickerson only earned accolades after Jim Brown had retired and he was blocking for Leroy Kelly, but he earned first-team all-NFL honors five straight seasons from 1966-1970 and was voted to six consecutive Pro Bowls from 1966 to 1971.
During his career, Hickerson's Browns never experienced a losing season and started in four NFL title games, including a 1964 NFL Championship win over the Baltimore Colts 27-0. During Gene's 10 pro seasons, the Browns featured a 1,000-yard rusher every season but one. They also had the NFL's leading rusher seven seasons of those ten. He was elected to the Browns' legends team and the NFL 1960s All-Decade Team.
The Browns added a "GH" tribute badge to their helmets for the 2008 season in his honor.
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