Greg Stumon Explained

Greg Stumon
Birth Date:26 May 1963
Birth Place:Plain Dealing, Louisiana, U.S.
Number:45
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Position1:Defensive end
Position2:Linebacker
College:Southern Arkansas
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Playing Team1:BC Lions
Playing Team2:Edmonton Eskimos
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Playing Team3:Ottawa Rough Riders
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Playing Team4:Shreveport Pirates
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Awards:1987 CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award

Greg Stumon (born May 26, 1963) is a former award-winning defensive end and linebacker who played the Canadian Football League.

A native of Plain Dealing, Louisiana, he attended the Southern Arkansas University,[1] and was inducted into that school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

He began his CFL career with the BC Lions in 1986,[1] playing until 1988. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 1987. He made the 1987 all-star team as a defensive end and the 1988 all-star team as an outside linebacker. After one season with the Edmonton Eskimos (1989) he moved on to the Ottawa Rough Riders (1990–92) where he made the 1990 all-star team as a defensive end.[2] He later played with the expansion Shreveport Pirates for 1994 and 1995.

He trialled with the Dallas Cowboys in 1990 but was cut before the season started.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gyNlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XYgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1196,4336844&dq=gregg+stumon&hl=en A battle to remain healthy
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224951/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/514445321.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+14,+1990&author=Steve+McAllister&pub=Waterloo+Region+Record&desc=All-star+surprise+Bombers+dominate+East+offence+despite+low-+scoring+year&pqatl=google All-star surprise Bombers dominate East offence despite low- scoring year
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mzhSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bjYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6086,5960507&dq=greg+stumon&hl=en Cowboys Release Two Players