Wayne Conrad

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Wayne Conrad
Born: (1946-09-18) September 18, 1946 (age 74)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Career information
Position(s) Center
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
College University of Calgary
Career history
As player
1972–1977 Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star1975
AwardsGrey Cup: 1974, 1977

Wayne Conrad is a former all-star and Grey Cup champion center who played six seasons for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, winning two Grey Cup Championships. He played 80 regular season games for the Larks.

In 2008 Conrad auctioned off his jersey and Grey Cup ring to raise money for ALS and his former teammate Tony Proudfoot.

Wayne Conrad, a centre on the Alouettes' 1977 championship team, is auctioning off his Grey Cup jersey and ring to raise funds for the ALS Society of Quebec and B.C. "There's nothing you can do that's more sacred, Conrad told the Montreal Gazette's Herb Zurkowsky. "To be honest, I cherish it. I believe I have given the thing I cherish most. Do I love Tony Proudfoot? Yes, I do. Do I love his family? Yes, I do. Tony gave me that gift by calling me his friend. Money from a Vancouver fundraiser will also go to the Tony Proudfoot Fund. Proudfoot, a good friend and former teammate of Conrad's, suffers from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) .


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