Grover Covington

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Grover Covington
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Covington with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
No. 77
Position Defensive end
Personal information
Born (1956-03-25) March 25, 1956 (age 69)
Monroe, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
College Johnson C. Smith
Career history
1981–1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Awards and highlights
Canadian Football Hall of Fame  (2000)

Grover Covington (born March 25, 1956) is an American former professional football defensive end who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

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Professional career

Covington's career began in 1981 as a free agent signing by the Montreal Alouettes. However a pre-season trade that year sent him to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where he played his entire career. [1] Covington was a seven-time CFL All-Star and often led the league in quarterback sacks. He won the Schenley Award for Most Outstanding Defensive Player once and also led the Tiger-Cats to a Grey Cup victory in 1986. He finished his career with 157 sacks, a CFL record. In 1995 Covington was inducted along with former teammate Chet Grimsley into the Johnson C. Smith University Sports Hall of Fame. (Grimsley's 2011 book The White Golden Bull: How Faith in God Transcended Racial Barriers includes a chapter on the relationship between the author, a white student at the historically black university, and Covington.) [2] Covington was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and, in November 2006, was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#28) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

Personal life

His son, Christian Covington, is also a football player.

References

  1. ↑ "Grover Covington". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Always Understand". Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
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