Miles Gorrell | |
Birth Date: | 1955 10, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Offensive lineman |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 285 |
Cis: | Ottawa |
Cfldraftedyear: | 1978 |
Cfldraftedround: | Territorial Protection |
Cfldraftedteam: | Calgary Stampeders |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Calgary Stampeders |
Playing Team2: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Playing Years3: | – |
Playing Team3: | Montreal Concordes |
Playing Years4: | – |
Playing Team4: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Playing Years5: | – |
Playing Team5: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Playing Team6: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Career Highlights: |
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Cfleastallstar: | ,,, |
Cfhof: | miles-gorrell |
Cfhofyear: | 2013 |
Miles Gorrell (born October 16, 1955) is a former all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The five-time divisional All-Star and two-time Outstanding Lineman finalist sits sixth on the record books for games played (321) from 1978 to 1996 for the Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Concordes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He won one Grey Cup with Hamilton and played in two more with Winnipeg. He was a 5-time CFL Eastern Division All-Star and a 2-time CFL Outstanding Lineman finalist.
On February 21, 2013 the Canadian Football Hall of Fame announced that he would be in their class of inductees in September 2013.
Gorrell played football at Henry Wise Wood Senior High School in Calgary[1] and went on to a 1975 Vanier Cup win during his playing years with the University of Ottawa.[2] The Gee-Gees Miles Gorrell Award for Best Lineman is named in his honour.[3]
From 2005-2010, Gorrell served as a Player Personnel Assistant & Director of Canadian Scouting with the Toronto Argonauts. He lived in Calgary with his wife Suzanne, and his daughters Veronica and Victoria until 2008. In the Summer of 2008, Gorrell and his family moved to Toronto, Ontario [4]