Leroy Blugh
Ottawa Redblacks | |
Born: | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | May 14, 1966
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Career information | |
Status | Retired |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | DE |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 230 lb (100 kg) |
University | Bishop's |
CFL draft | 1989, round: 1, pick: 7 |
Drafted by | Edmonton Eskimos |
Career history | |
As coach | |
2005–2010 | Bishop's Gaiters (Head coach) |
>2011–2012 | Queen's Gaels (Asst. coach) |
2013 | Edmonton Eskimos (DL coach) |
2014–present | Ottawa RedBlacks (DL coach) |
As player | |
1989–2000 | Edmonton Eskimos |
2001–2003 | Toronto Argonauts |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL West All-Star | 1996, 1998 |
Awards | 1996 CFL Most Outstanding Canadian 1996 Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy |
Leroy Blugh (born May 14, 1966) is a former professional Canadian football defensive lineman and the current defensive line coach for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. He played for fifteen seasons in the CFL for two different teams and was the winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1996 and is a two-time CFL West Division All-Star and a 81st Grey Cup Champion (1993).[1]
Blugh served as the head football coach at Bishop's University, his alma mater, from 2005 until his resignation after the 2010 season.[2][3] He was named Defensive Line coach for Queen's University in August 2011. After one year with the Edmonton Eskimos as their defensive line coach, he was hired by the Ottawa Redblacks to serve in the same capacity on February 3, 2014.[4]
Blugh was born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and grew up in Napanee, Ontario, where his family moved when he was five years old.[5] In 2015, he will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Notes
- ^ "Blugh brought back by Argos". CBC Sports. 2003-04-10. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ "Blugh named CIS Head Coach". Toronto Argonauts Football Club. 2005-04-16.
- ^ http://cfl.ca/article/blugh-steps-down-as-bishop-s-head-coach Blugh steps down as Bishop's Head Coach
- ^ Blugh named REDBLACKS defensive line coach
- ^ "Leroy Blugh named Head Football Coach of the Bishop's Gaiters". Bishop's University. 2005-04-13. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
Further reading
- "2003 CFL Player Profiles" (PDF). Canadian Football League. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-25.
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- Canadian football defensive linemen
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Canadian Award winners
- Edmonton Eskimos players
- Grey Cup champions
- People from Lennox and Addington County
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Ottawa Redblacks coaches
- Edmonton Eskimos coaches
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