{{Short description|American football player (1921–1965)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Les Gatewood | number = 33 | position = Center | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|5|30}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|4|9|1921|5|30}} | death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 198 | high_school = Waco {{nowrap|(Waco, Texas)}} | college = Baylor<br>Tulane | draftyear = 1943 | draftround = 8 | draftpick = 68 | pastteams = * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1946|1947}}) | highlights = * 2× Third-team All-American (1942, 1943) * First-team All-SEC (1943) * First-team All-SWC (1942) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 23 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 6 | statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue3 = 2 | pfr = GateLe20 }}
'''Lester Boyd "Buddy" Gatewood''' (May 30, 1921 – April 9, 1965) was an American professional football player who was a center for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Baylor Bears and Tulane Green Wave.
==Biography== Gatewood was born in Dallas, Texas,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/players/lesgatewood/profile?id=GAT207645|title = Les Gatewood Stats, News and Video - C|website = NFL.com}}</ref> and played college football at Baylor University and Tulane University.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goska|first=Eric|title=Green Bay Packers: A Measure of Greatness|year=2004|publisher=Krause Publications|page=68|isbn=9781440227738|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8CefJpuKHwC&q=lester+gatewood+green+bay+packers&pg=PA68}}</ref> He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1943 NFL draft and played two seasons with the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GateLe20.htm|title=Les Gatewood Stats|website=pro-football-reference.com|access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref> He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 43 from a heart attack.
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{{Green Bay Packers 1943 NFL draft picks}}
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