Willie Pless
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Date of birth | February 21, 1964 |
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Place of birth | Edmonton Eskimos * |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 1986, 1988, 1990–1998 |
CFL East All-Star | 1986, 1988, 1995 (North) |
CFL West All-Star | 1990–1994, 1996-1999 |
Awards | 5× CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player (1992, 1994–1997) 5× Norm Fieldgate Trophy (1992, 1994–1997) Frank M. Gibson Trophy (1986) |
Honors | 2004 - Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour |
Records | Eskimos Record
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Willie Pless (born February 21, 1964) is a former
College career
Pless played his college football at the
Professional career
Willie Pless may be the best defensive player ever to play in the CFL.
Honours and awards
- CFL outstanding defensive player: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- West Division outstanding defensive player: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- East Division outstanding rookie: 1986
- CFL All-Star: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
- West Division All-Star: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- North Division All-Star: 1995
- B.C. Lions outstanding player: 1990
- Edmonton Eskimos outstanding player: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
- Toronto Argonauts outstanding defensive player: 1986, 1988
- B.C. Lions outstanding defensive player: 1990
- Edmonton Eskimos outstanding defensive player: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- Saskatchewan Roughriders outstanding defensive player: 1999
- Toronto Argonauts outstanding rookie: 1986
- Grey Cup participation: 1987, 1993, 1996
- Grey Cup victories: 1993
He is a member of the University of Kansas Sports Hall of Fame[6] and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.[4] In November, 2006, Willie Pless was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#16) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network The Sports Network/TSN.[7]
Personal life
Pless has settled in Edmonton and runs a personal trainer business.[8]
Notes
- ^ "Catching Up with: Willie Pless". kuathletics.com. October 7, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Unforgettable Hawks.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ a b CFLpedia Entry.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Willie Pless". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ "CFL Regular Season All-Time Records". Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ TSN Top 50 CFL Players.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Whatever happened to Willie Pless.Retrieved December 29, 2010.