Tracy Ham
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Born: | Clark Atlanta | January 5, 1964
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As player | |
1987–1992 | Edmonton Eskimos |
1993 | Toronto Argonauts |
1994–1995 | Baltimore Stallions |
1996–1999 | Montreal Alouettes |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 1989 |
CFL West All-Star | 1989 |
Awards |
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Retired #s | Georgia Southern Eagles No. 8 |
Records |
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Career stats | |
Passing attempts | 4,943 |
Passing completions | 2,670 |
Completion percentage | 54% |
TD–INT | 284–164 |
Passing yards | 40,534 |
Passer rating | 86.6 |
Tracy Ham (born January 5, 1964) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for the Edmonton Eskimos, the Toronto Argonauts, the Baltimore Stallions, and the Montreal Alouettes. He was known for his abilities as a dual-threat quarterback. He played college football for the Georgia Southern Eagles, where he became the first quarterback to rush for 3,000 yards and pass for 5,000 yards in a career. Ham is an inductee of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Playing career
College
With the
Professional
After his college career, Ham was drafted by the
In 1990 Ham added another 1000 yard rushing season with 1096 and passed for 4286 yards leading the Eskimos to the Grey Cup. However, the team was handily beaten by the
With the
With the demise of the US-based teams, the core of the Stallions franchise was transferred to Montreal where they became the third incarnation of the Alouettes. The team's offense was geared to the running attack, especially when
In his career from 1987 to 1999 Ham accumulated 40,534 passing yards which currently ranks seventh all-time. He threw 4943 times with 2670 completions, 164 interceptions and 284 touchdowns. His 8043 rushing yards presently puts him in tenth all time and second among quarterbacks, behind only Damon Allen. He tallied 1059 carries with 62 touchdowns. In 2010, Ham was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Coaching career
In 2002, Ham was hired to serve as head coach of the
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Clark Atlanta Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ) (2002–2003)
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2002 | Clark Atlanta | 2–9 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
2003 | Clark Atlanta | 0–11 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
Clark Atlanta: | 2–20 | 1–15 | |||||||
Total: | 2–20 |
References
- ^ "NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF). December 21, 1985. Retrieved May 3, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services.
- ^ "NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF). December 19, 1986. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services.
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "Ham rejects Rams to sign with Eskimos". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. AP. May 23, 1987. p. H1. Retrieved September 28, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Tracy Ham fired as Clark Atlanta head coach". August 4, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2013.