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George Davis Peter Gent (/ dʒ ɛ n t / 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.
Oct 3, 2011 · Peter Gent, a 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...
Oct 2, 2011 · Peter Gent, who turned his vivid memories of a five-year career as a wide receiver with the Dallas Cowboys into the blisteringly candid bestselling novel “North Dallas Forty,” has died. He was 69.
Oct 6, 2011 · Peter Gent was a pioneer in exploring the phenomenon of professional football’s rise to prominence as our new national game. He understood, and examined, the conflicting elements of football as both show business and a game like no other writer, or athlete, in the land.
Oct 2, 2011 · Peter Gent, who turned his vivid memories of a five-year career as a wide receiver with the Dallas Cowboys into the blisteringly candid bestselling novel “North Dallas Forty,” has died. He...
Oct 2, 2011 · A novel by Pete Gent, “North Dallas Forty,” based on his five years with the Cowboys, graphically depicted the pain and anguish the public couldn’t feel or see on their television screens....
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Oct 1, 2011 · Former NFL player Peter Gent, whose book about the seamier side of football was made into the movie, "North Dallas Forty," has died in his native Michigan.
