George Davis Peter Gent (/dʒɛnt/ JENT;[1] August 23, 1942 – September 30, 2011)[2] was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys.

Gent attended Bangor High School in Michigan, where he was a standout four-sport athlete (football, basketball, baseball and track).

As with Cornell Green whom the team had converted two years earlier, he was first tried at defensive back, but at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) and 210 pounds (95 kg), he was not agile enough to play in the secondary.

[10] Gent became a valuable wide receiver by his second year in 1965, splitting time with Buddy Dial and playing opposite Bob Hayes.

In 1967, with the arrival of Lance Rentzel and health problems, Gent was moved to tight end and played in only seven games (one start).

Gent's five-season NFL career was marred by injury, as he underwent knee operations and endured constant back problems.

North Dallas Forty was made into a movie of the same name in 1979 starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, and Dayle Haddon.

"[17] Gent made his home in Texas for many years, where he befriended many of that state's significant creative minds of the day, including Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Bud Shrake, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Dan Jenkins.

Gent also explored the corruption in modern professional sports in a sequel volume entitled North Dallas After 40,[18] published in 1989, and in two unrelated football novels — Texas Celebrity Turkey Trot (1979) and The Franchise (1983).