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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1944-06-13)June 13, 1944 (age 81) Montreal,Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Utah State |
| Career history | |
| 1965 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1966–1969 | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1970–1973 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1974–1977 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1978 | Toronto Argonauts |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 1984) | |
Terrence Anthony "Terry" Evanshen (born June 13, 1944) is amotivational speaker and former starreceiver in theCanadian Football League.
Drafted by theMontreal Alouettes, Terry played with thePortland Sea Hawks in 1964 before going on to have an outstanding career in the CFL for 13 seasons from 1965–1978, with theMontreal Alouettes, theCalgary Stampeders, theHamilton Tiger-Cats, and theToronto Argonauts playing in 198 games and scoring 80 touchdowns.[1][2]
Terry won theGruen Trophy as the Eastern Rookie of the Year in 1965, theMost Outstanding Canadian Award in 1967 and 1971, was an all star 7 times, won theGrey Cup in 1970 and was inducted into theCanadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984.
In 1994, the CFL instituted theTerry Evanshen Trophy which is awarded annually to the Outstanding Player in theEast Division.
On July 4, 1988, Terry's life was nearly ended when a car ran a red light crashing into his Jeep. His injuries were so serious that a priest was called to perform last rites. Against great odds, he survived in a coma, but when he awoke a month later he had no memory of his life before the crash. His struggles with this great loss eventually led him to become a motivational speaker. In the year 2000, authorJune Callwood wrote an award-winning book,The Man Who Lost Himself: The Terry Evanshen Story, which was turned into a 2005 movie forCTV,The Stranger I Married (also known asThe Man Who Lost Himself), starringDavid James Elliott andWendy Crewson and directed byHelen Shaver.[3]
Canadian Football Hall of Fame member onYouTube
