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Sean Millington (born February 1, 1968) is a Canadian former professionalfootballfullback in theCanadian Football League (CFL). He currently does colour commentary for the CFL’s website and theCBC. He has alsoacted in severalmovies andtelevision shows.

In 1984, Millington was a student atCarson Graham Secondary School. The rugby season had changed from fall to spring, so he decided to try out for football. The coach took notice of his size and suggested he start out as an offensive lineman. The following year Millington convinced the coach to let him try out at running back.

After high school Millington attendedSimon Fraser University, playing with theSimon Fraser Clan. After he graduated, he was trying out for theNew York Giants. During those tryouts Millington was quoted in an interview with SLAM! Sports in August, 2006, that the best advice that he ever received was from then Giants head coachBill Parcells, who told him that "he was a diamond in the rough and that he needed to get more experience." Parcells then advised Millington to get that experience in theCanadian Football League and work hard there and things would work out. Millington replied that Parcells was right.

Millington played fullback in theCFL for 12 years with theEdmonton Eskimos, theWinnipeg Blue Bombers and theBritish Columbia Lions before his retirement in2002.

While playing for the Edmonton Eskimos, he rushed for 225 yards on 29 carries in a game against the visitingSaskatchewan Roughriders on October 30, 1999. He was the most recentCanadianfullback to rush for over 200 yards in a game, untilJesse Lumsden was rushed for 211 yards against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on August 3, 2007.

Most of Millington's accomplishments were with the B.C. Lions - whom he played with the most in those 12 years (1991–97, 2000–02). He was known as the "Diesel." With the Lions Millington was a two-timeGrey Cup champion and was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian in the88th Grey Cup game in2000. In that same year, Millington rushed for 1010 yards on 156 carries and ran for 6 touchdowns, while sharing the backfield duties with importRobert Drummond. He was only the 6th Canadian to rush for a thousand yards in a season.

Other accomplishments with the Lions include Millington being namedCFL West Division All-Star five times; CFL All-Star three times;CFL Most Outstanding Canadian Player in the West Division three times;CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award two times; and he was named asBC Lions's nominee for the league's Most Outstanding Canadian four times.

After his retirement, Millington joined theCFL on CBC in 2003 as part of the broadcast panel during pre-game and half-time shows. As part of the panel, Millington was known not to pull punches and tell things as they are, which created some interesting dialogue with former CFLerGreg Frers, with former teammateDarren Flutie and with his former GMEric Tillman. However, after the92nd Grey Cup game in 2004, Millington decided to resurrect his football career.

After two years without football, Millington came out of retirement to play another year for theToronto Argonauts in2005.^[2] The Argonauts had a need for Millington's services, because in his 12-year career he proved he could run and block with power. WithJohn Avery's slashing style and Millington's power game, the Argos had a solid duo in the backfield. When Avery suffered a slighthamstring tear in the Argos' 35-32 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on October 16, the signing of Millington paid immediate dividends. However, on October 22, Millington suffered a rupturedAchilles heel in his right foot in the second quarter of their game against theMontreal Alouettes, which ended his football career, weeks before the CFL playoffs.

After his second retirement, Millington rejoined the CFL on CBC broadcast, and has a weekly column on the Canadian Football League's official website. Although he was acting while he was playing football, Millington started to take on more roles after his last retirement with appearances in movies such asAre We There Yet? withrapperIce Cube, andUnderworld: Evolution withKate Beckinsale. Millington has also appeared in the television seriesBlade: The Series, as Bad Blood member Bolt. Millington also doespersonal training sessions and is an avid video game player. Following his stint at CBC, Sean decided to dust off hiseconomics degree and go to work in the financial industry. He got a job as a business development rep with the wealth management companySentry Select. Following his time at Sentry Select, Sean decided to join the other side of the industry by working as an investment advisor forTD Waterhouse Private Investment Advice. In his personal life, Millington has a wife and child back inVancouver. On January 7, 2010, Sean Millington was inducted into theBC Sports Hall of Fame along with the1994 BC Lions Championship team. He currently works as a personal trainer in Vancouver, where he has developed The Millington Method, focused on building sustainable habits and practices to create a lifestyle of fitness and health.^[3]

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• Sean Millington atIMDb

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• Canadian football fullbacks
• Canadian Football League announcers
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