Question: Facts: - coaching years: 1985 2002 -- 2005 2006 -- 2010 - number: 42 - height in: 1 - birth date: 24 august 1953 - honors: 1987 - edmonton eskimos wall of honour - cflallstar: 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 - cfhofyear: 1996 - caption: then cup to victorious edmonton eskimos danny kepley and tom wilkinson prime . minister joe clark presents the 1979 grey - college: east carolina - cfhof: kepleydanny - awards: 1977 martin trophy 1980 cfl most outstanding defensive player 1980 dr. cfl beattie martin trophy 1981 cfl most outstanding defensive player 1981 most dr. beattie martin trophy outstanding defensive player 1977 dr. beattie - name: dan kepley - playing years: 1975 - 1984 - birth place: albemarle , north carolina - weight lbs: 220 - position: linebacker - coaching team: edmonton -lrb- def . assistant/dl coach -rrb- edmonton eskimos -lrb- lb eskimos coach -rrb- -lrb- def . assistant -rrb- edmonton eskimos - playing team: edmonton eskimos - height ft: 6 - cflwestallstar: 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 - stats: y - import: yes Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of danny kepley .
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daniel '' danny '' kepley , -lrb- born august 24 , 1953 -rrb- is a former star linebacker for the edmonton eskimos of the canadian football league .kepley played college football at east carolina university .he tried out with the nfl 's dallas cowboys before starting a 10 year career with the eskimos from 1975 to 1984 .he was an intense player and hard tackler .teamed with fellow linebackers dale potter and tom towns for 8 seasons , this trio formed the backbone of a defence that played in 7 grey cup games , winning six championships .kepley won 3 cfl 's most outstanding defensive player awards and was an all star 5 times .following retirement , kepley spent the 1985 season as an assistant coach with the eskimos .he began a real estate career , worked as a football analyst on both radio -lrb- cfrn -rrb- and television -lrb- cbc , espn -rrb- , and from 2002 to 2010 was an assistant coach with the eskimos .kepley has struggled with alcoholism and in 2000 spent time in jail for impaired driving , his fifth such offence .kepley was inducted into the canadian football hall of fame in 1996 , and in 2006 was named one of the cfl 's top 50 players -lrb- # 11 -rrb- of the league 's modern era by canadian sports network the sports network/tsn .