Gene Alden Washington is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions.
Washington in 1965
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a four-year public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school se
Gene Washington (American football, born 1947)
…the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions. Washington was born on January 14, 1947, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was raised in California, and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He was a multi-talented quarterback, and led the team to a league championship in 1964. That year he was also shared in the Back of the Year award and…
Long Beach High School, at the northwest corner of American Avenue and Eighth Street, 1905
c. 1920s campus at present location, severely damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake
The 1976 edition of the school's Caerulea yearbook
Long Beach Poly (right) lines up before the snap during a 2021 game against Mission Viejo High School at Veterans Memorial Stadium