Grover Covington

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Grover Covington
Date of birth:	March 25, 1956
Place of birth:	Monroe, North Carolina
Career information
Position(s):	Defensive end
College:	Johnson C. Smith University
Organizations
As player:
1981-1991	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Grover Covington was a Canadian Football League defensive end for the Hamilton Tigercats. He often led the league in quarterback sacks and was a division All-Star seven times. He won the Schenley Award for Most Outstanding Defensive Player once and also lead the Tigercats to a Grey Cup victory in 1986. He finished his career with 157 sacks, a CFL record. He 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. He currently lives in Surrey, British Columbia.