Status: | Retired |
Import: | yes |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1941 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lbs: | 230 |
College: | UCLA |
Position1: | Slotback |
Number: | 75 |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1963 |
Nfldraftedround: | 9 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 113 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Los Angeles Rams[1] |
Career Highlights: |
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Cfleastallstar: | ,,, |
Awards: | 1971 - Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Toronto Argonauts |
Mel Profit (born July 30, 1941) is an American former professional Canadian football player who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for six years. He was selected originally by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1963 NFL draft.[1] He starred as a tight end for the Toronto Argonauts.
Profit authored a book entitled For Love, Money and Future Considerations which gave a player's view of the CFL. The book chronicled the 1971 season in which the Toronto Argonauts played in the Grey Cup, losing to the Calgary Stampeders.