Gregg Garrity

{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Gregg Garrity | number = 86 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|24}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 171 | high_school = North Allegheny {{avoid wrap|(Wexford, Pennsylvania)}} | college = Penn State | draftyear = 1983 | draftround = 5 | draftpick = 140 | pastteams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1983}}–{{NFL Year|1984}}) * Philadelphia Eagles (1984–{{NFL Year|1989}}) | highlights = * National champion (1982) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 82 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 1,329 | statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns | statvalue3 = 6 | pfr = GarrGr00 }}

'''Gregg David Garrity''' (born November 24, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/player/gregggarrity/2514673/careerstats Gregg Garrity]. nfl.com</ref> He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, and played high school football at North Allegheny High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1983 NFL draft.

Garrity is notable for a diving catch in the end zone that helped the Nittany Lions clinch their first national title over Georgia, a feat that landed him on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090809164317/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8831/index.htm Sports Illustrated cover]</ref>

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