- Larry Wruck
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Name=Larry Wruck
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status=Retired
import=no
Position=Linebacker
number=47
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1962|10|29
Birthplace=Saskatoon ,Saskatchewan
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playing_years=1985–1996
playing_teams=Edmonton Eskimos
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Honors=Larry Wruck (born
29 October 1962 inSaskatoon ,Saskatchewan ) is a formerlinebacker who played twelve seasons for theEdmonton Eskimos of theCanadian Football League winning twoGrey Cup s.Wruck began playing
Canadian football with the Saskatoon Tinklers in the Kinsmen Tackle League in 1975 and won championships all four years atEvan Hardy Collegiate , winning the Saskatoon junior championship in 1976 and the Saskatchewan high school championship in 1977, 1978, and 1979.Cite web| title= Larry Wruck: Football (1998)| url=http://www.saskatoonsportshalloffame.com/athlete/larry_wruck.htm| publisher=Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame]He joined the
Saskatoon Hilltops in 1980, winning the rookie of the year award in 1980, leading thePrairie Junior Football Conference in tackles in both 1981 and 1982, and, in 1982, was named an all-star, won the outstanding linebacker award in the conference, and theCanadian Junior Football League 's Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year trophy. [Cite web| url=http://www.cjfl.ca/records/players.cfm| title=Intergold Players of The Year| publisher=Canadian Junior Football League] In 2007, the CJFL's Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year trophy was renamed the Larry Wruck Award in his honour. [Cite web| url=http://www.calgarycolts.com/newsheadlines/090607-cjfl.htm| title=CJFL Total Thursday| date=2007-09-06| publisher=Canadian Junior Football League]Wruck spent two seasons in the
Saskatchewan Roughriders ' training camps before being traded to theEdmonton Eskimos at the start of the1985 CFL season . Between 1985 and 1996 Wruck played 213 games and recorded a total of 667 tackles, 32 sacks, 15 interceptions, and 19fumble recoveries.He appeared in five Grey Cup games, winning in 1987 and 1993. Wruck was named a West Division All-Star in 1989, was named the Eskimos' most outstanding Canadian player five times, and was runner-up for the
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1994 and 1995 [Cite web| url=http://www.canoe.ca/CFLGreyCup97/nov13_awards_cp.html| title=CFL annual award winners| date=1997-11-13| publisher=The Canadian Press] .Notes
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