Grover Covington
No. 77 | |
![]() Grover Covington - Photographed by Mike F. Campbell | |
Born: | Monroe, North Carolina | March 25, 1956
---|---|
Career information | |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | DE |
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 | |
| |
CFL All-Star | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 |
CFL East All-Star | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 |
Career stats | |
Grover Covington (born March 25, 1956) is a former Canadian Football League defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and 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, plays as a nose tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League-
References[]
- ^ "Grover Covington". Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ http://www.thewhitegoldenbull.com/
External links[]
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American players of Canadian football
- Canadian football defensive linemen
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award winners
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- Johnson C. Smith University alumni
- Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls football players
- People from Monroe, North Carolina
- Players of American football from North Carolina