Ezra Eugene Gossage (February 17, 1935 â May 1, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963. He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats and was selected in the 1958 NFL draft by the Eagles (Round 28, #328 overall). He died in 2011 at the age of 76.