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Ed Harrington
Date of birth	February 8, 1941
Place of birth	Speer, Oklahoma
Date of death	November 26, 2011 (aged 70)
Place of death	Field, Ontario
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	DE
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
US college	Langston
Career history
As player
1963–1965; 1967–1971, 1974	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1968, 1969, 1970
CFL East All-Star	1964, 1968, 1969, 1970

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Ed Harrington (February 8, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was a star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.^[1]

Harrington played college football at Langston University and later with the Toronto Rifles of the Continental Football League. He had a 10-year career in the Canadian Football League from 1963 to 1974 for the Toronto Argonauts. He was a CFL All-Star three times. His name was put in the All-time Argos on September 19, 2010.^[2]

Personal

During his career, Harrington worked with various community organization in Toronto including Physical Director of the Toronto YMCA.^[3] After football, he worked at the Ontario Ombudsman Office (1974–1986), patient advocate at psychiatric hospitals in Whitby and North Bay.^[4]

Harrington died in Field, Ontario of cancer and survived by wife Terryl.

References

^ Lankhof, Bill (November 18, 2011). "Ex-Argo Harrington, 70, dies | Football | Sports". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
^ Simmons, Steve (September 17, 2010). "Argos to honour Ed Harrington | Columnists | Opinion". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
^ "Toronto Argonauts". Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "Toronto Argonauts". Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

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[1] Lankhof, Bill (November 18, 2011). "Ex-Argo Harrington, 70, dies | Football | Sports". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[2] Simmons, Steve (September 17, 2010). "Argos to honour Ed Harrington | Columnists | Opinion". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[3] "Toronto Argonauts". Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

[4] "Toronto Argonauts". Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

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+During his career, Harrington worked with various community organization in Toronto including Physical Director of the Toronto YMCA.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.argonauts.ca/article/harrington-to-be-named-ata |title=Toronto Argonauts |access-date=2010-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406193333/http://www.argonauts.ca/article/harrington-to-be-named-ata |archive-date=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After football, he worked at the Ontario Ombudsman Office (1974–1986), patient advocate at psychiatric hospitals in Whitby and North Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.argonauts.ca/article/harrington-to-be-named-ata |title=Toronto Argonauts |access-date=2010-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406193333/http://www.argonauts.ca/article/harrington-to-be-named-ata |archive-date=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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