Grover Covington
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 Covington with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
| Born: | March 25, 1956 Monroe, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Career information | |
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | Defensive end |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| College | Johnson C. Smith |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1981–1991 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| CFL All-Star | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 |
| Career stats | |
Grover Covington (born March 25, 1956) is an American former professional football defensive end who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Covington's career began in 1981 as a free agent signing by the Montreal Alouettes. However a pre-season trade that year sent him to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where he played his entire career.[1] Covington was a seven-time CFL All-Star and often led the league in quarterback sacks. He won the Schenley Award for Most Outstanding Defensive Player once and also led the Tiger-Cats to a Grey Cup victory in 1986. He finished his career with 157 sacks, a CFL record. In 1995 Covington was inducted along with former teammate Chet Grimsley into the Johnson C. Smith University Sports Hall of Fame. (Grimsley's 2011 book The White Golden Bull: How Faith in God Transcended Racial Barriers includes a chapter on the relationship between the author, a white student at the historically black university, and Covington.)[2] Covington was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and, in November 2006, was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#28) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
Personal life
His son, Christian Covington, is also a football player.
References
- ^ "Grover Covington". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Always Understand". Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2011.