Gene Makowsky

№: 60     Saskatchewan Roughriders
Date of birth:	April 17, 1973 (1973-04-17) (age 36)
Place of birth:	New Westminster, British Columbia
Career information
Status:	Active
Position(s):	G
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	270 lb (120 kg)
Jersey №:	60
College:	University of Saskatchewan
CFL Draft:	1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23
Organizations
As player:
1995-present	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star:	2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
Honors:	2004 CFL West Division All-Star 2005 CFL West Division All-Star 2006 CFL West Division All-Star 2008 CFL West Division All-Star 2009 CFL West Division All-Star
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Gene Makowsky (born April 17, 1973 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is an offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was selected in the second round of the 1995 CFL College draft from the University of Saskatchewan. Makowsky helped the U of S Huskies to two Hardy Cup Championships in his four year tenure at the University, as well as being named to the Canada West All Star team in 1994. Makowsky has played in 211 games in his 13 years as a Roughrider, earning the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in 2004. He won the award again in 2005. He went to Walter Murray Collegiate, a high school in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.

After the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2007 Grey Cup Final, Gene Makowsky was presented the Grey Cup by Commissioner Mark Cohon.

Makowsky along with his then teammate Matt Dominguez made a cameo appearance in the Corner Gas episode "Reader Pride".

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