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| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1964-11-22)November 22, 1964 (age 61) Rocourt, Belgium[1] |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
| Career information | |
| University | Western Ontario |
| CFL draft | 1987: 2nd round, 17th overall pick |
| Career history | |
| 1988–1992 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1993–1997 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1998–2001 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Awards and highlights | |
Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2007) | |
Pierre Vercheval (born November 22, 1964) is a former all star offensive lineman in theCanadian Football League.
Vercheval played his university football at theUniversity of Western Ontario, where he won theJ. P. Metras Trophy top lineman in Canadian university football in 1987. He tried out with theNew England Patriots of theNFL, unsuccessfully, and signed with theEdmonton Eskimos in 1988, beginning a 14-year CFL career.
He played five seasons in Edmonton, then moved to theToronto Argonauts for four seasons, from 1993 to 1997 (68 total games.) He was an all star three times and was part of the Argonauts powerful back-to-backGrey Cup winners of 1996 and 1997. He finished his career with theMontreal Alouettes, from 1998 to 2001 (78 games) being named an all star three more times and winning theCFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in 2000. In 2007, he became the first francophone to be inducted into theCanadian Football Hall of Fame.[2]
Always a fan favorite in predominantly FrancophoneMontreal, fully bilingual Vercheval is currently enjoying a successful second career as a football commentator on the French-languageRDS television station alongside Pierre Durivage (2002), Denis Casavant (2003–2013) and David Arsenault (since 2014).