Al Irwin is a former award winning Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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 player.

A graduate of McMaster University

McMaster University

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, Irwin joined the Montreal Alouettes

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 in 1964. Catching 11 passes for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns, he won the Gruen Trophy

Gruen Trophy

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 as the best rookie in the east (this during a time when only Canadians could win the award.) He played another season with the Als, catching only 2 passes for 25 yards, and then went on to a 3 year stay with the Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

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. As a Double Blue he hauled in 54 passes for 1162 yards and 8 TDs. He played one season with the Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

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 (26 catches for 445 yards) and a final season with the Hamilton Tigercats (5 catches for 87 yards and 1 TD.)