Ken Evraire

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Ken Evraire
Born: (1965-07-17) July 17, 1965 (age 58)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career information
CFL statusNational
Position(s)SB
UniversityWilfrid Laurier
CFL draft1988, Round: 2, Pick: 9
Drafted bySaskatchewan Roughriders
Career history
As player
19881990Ottawa Rough Riders
19901994Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1995Ottawa Rough Riders
1996Saskatchewan Roughriders
1997Hamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL East All-Star1992

Ken Evraire (born July 17, 1965) is a former television journalist, host and former professional football league player. At present, Evraire is a keynote speaker/presenter (featuring The I in Team and Coaching Up is the only option" presentations),[1] interim Executive Director at TGC Ottawa and pre/post game analyst for the Ottawa Redblacks on TSN 1200.

Football History - At the university level, he played as a

Canadian Interuniversity Sport First All-Canadian Team. He was also named the OUA MVP in 1988 and the league's rookie of the year in 1986. In 1987, the Golden Hawks won the Yates Cup and was involved in a historic play in which he received a 106-yard pass that led the team to the Ontario championship. He was inducted in the Golden Hawks Hall of Fame in 1993.[2][3] While playing football, he also earned at the same time a bachelor's degree in communications.[4]

Evraire played nine seasons in the

Following his career, Evraire worked until 2009 as a sports reporter at

A
, generally on Thursday Nights.

In June 2009; he joined the CTV Ottawa as a weekend sports anchor following A's cancellation of evening and weekend newscasts at 6 and 11.

Beginning with the 2010 season, Evraire is the head coach of the Ottawa Invaders of the Northern Football Conference. In their inaugural season, he led the team to a 3-4-1 record. He coached the Invaders to 2 consecutive league finals and then launched RedZone7 Football. [6] Evraire is married to Pamela Steeves and has 3 children (Elijah, Summer and Nate). Evraire has a cousin, named Chris Evraire who played in the CFL for Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Renegades.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Home". kenevraire.com.
  2. ^ "Ontario University Athletics". Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. ^ "404 Error (Page not found) - LaurierAthletics.com". www.laurierathletics.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ "'A' - PERSONALITIES - Ken Evraire". Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Hamilton Tiger-Cats". www.ticats.ca. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Football Archives - Pulledmygroin: The Worst in Sports". Pulledmygroin: The Worst in Sports. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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