playing_years birth_place color awards article_title import fontcolor position playing_teams birth_date college name
1964-1965 1966-1968 1969 1970 toronto , ontario #c 7cad0 1964 - gruen trophy al irwin
 no # 000080 receiver montreal alouettes toronto argonauts edmonton eskimos hamilton tiger-cats 16 march 1943 mcmaster university al irwin
al irwin

al irwin is a former award winning canadian football league player .
a graduate of mcmaster university , irwin joined the montreal alouettes in 1964 .
catching 11 passes for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns , he won the gruen trophy as the best rookie in the east -lrb- this during a time when only canadians could win the award . -rrb-
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 .
as a double blue he hauled in 54 passes for 1162 yards and 8 tds .
he played one season with the edmonton eskimos -lrb- 26 catches for 445 yards -rrb- and a final season with the hamilton tiger-cats -lrb- 5 catches for 87 yards and 1 td . -rrb-
