For his tremendous blocking abilities on both running and passing plays as guard and tackle and despite only seven years of play, George was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
george, american, professional, wrestler, wrestling, promoter, george, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly,. For the American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter see Ed Don George This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ed George news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Edward Gary George born August 10 1946 is a former offensive lineman and star player in the Canadian Football League CFL Ed GeorgeBorn 1946 08 10 August 10 1946 age 77 Norfolk Virginia U S Career informationCFL statusAmericanPosition s OTHeight6 ft 4 in 193 cm Weight270 lb 120 kg CollegeWake ForestNFL draft1970 Round 4 Pick 80Drafted byPittsburgh SteelersCareer historyAs player1970 1974Montreal Alouettes CFL 1975Baltimore Colts1976 1978Philadelphia Eagles1979 1980Hamilton Tiger Cats CFL Career highlights and awardsCFL All Star1971 1972 1973 1974CFL East All Star1970 1971 1972 1973 1974Awards1974 CFL s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman AwardCareer statsPlaying stats at NFL comCanadian Football Hall of Fame 2005CFL editEd George was drafted in the fourth round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers after playing at Wake Forest University but opted to go to the Canadian Football League George played left offensive tackle from 1970 to 1972 and left offensive guard from 1973 to 1974 for the Montreal Alouettes finishing his career with the Hamilton Tiger Cats from 1979 to 1980 George won two Grey Cups with the Alouettes in 1970 and 1974 led by head coaches Sam Etcheverry and Marv Levy respectively He also played but lost in another for the Tiger Cats in 1980 For his tremendous blocking abilities on both running and passing plays as guard and tackle and despite only seven years of play George was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2005 NFL editGeorge played in 1975 for the Baltimore Colts and from 1976 1978 for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League Family editHis daughter Courtney worked for Speed TV doing NASCAR coverage in 2004 nbsp This biographical article relating to a Canadian football offensive lineman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ed George amp oldid 1207779608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
