Epic_Legacies_Book

— notable players —
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Neil Lumsden Jason Maas Blake Marshall Willie Martin
Running Back
1980–85
Quarterback
2000–05, 2008–10
Fullback
1987–93
Offensive Lineman
1973–78
Inducted into the Canadian Football
Hall of Fame in the new college
football category for his career with
the Ottawa Gee Gees, Lumsden joined
the Eskimos in 1980 and was named
most outstanding Canadian in the 1981
Grey Cup game, with eight receptions
for 91 yards. Winning three Grey Cups
in Edmonton, Lumsden completed
his 141-game career in Toronto and
Hamilton.
Holder of 22 consecutive completions,
the CFL record established in 2008,
Jason Maas spent nine seasons as a
quarterback with the Eskimos and
won two Grey Cups. Twice named
Edmonton MVP (2001 and 2004),
Maas also played for Hamilton and
Montreal. After coaching stints in
Toronto and Ottawa, Maas became the
Eskimos 21st head coach in 2016.
Blake Marshall’s goal was to have
the career his brother, Greg, didn’t
have. “He had all those injuries and
Edmonton looked after him. I wanted
to be an Eskimo.” Second pick in the
1987 draft, Marshall played seven
seasons with Edmonton. A CFL All-
Star three years in a row, he won the
CFL most outstanding Canadian award
in 1991, equalling the record with 20
touchdowns.
A CFL All-Star in Edmonton’s 1975
Grey Cup winning season, Willie
Martin came to the Eskimos in 1973,
their first year back in the game since
1960. He played five Grey Cup games
in his six seasons in Edmonton, before
finishing his 10-year career with
Hamilton, Toronto and Winnipeg.
Martin went on to become director of
player development for the University
of Alabama Crimson Tide.
Calvin McCarty
Dexter McCoil Danny McManus Steve Mendryk
Fullback
2007–
Linebacker
2014–15
Quarterback
1996–97
Halfback
1949–56, 1958
A shortstop and centre fielder who
played in Little League’s 2001 “Big
League World Series,” Calvin McCarty
chose pro football over pro baseball
because he preferred the physical
aspect of the game. An exceptionally
versatile player, McCarty held the
distinction of being the team’s most
veteran player when, in his ninth
season, he finally made it to—and
won—the Grey Cup in 2015.
The third Eskimo player—and the
first in 19 seasons—to win the CFL’s
most outstanding rookie award, Dexter
McCoil was also a CFL All-Star in
2014 and a CFL Western All-Star in
2014 and 2015. In those two seasons
McCoil recorded a combined 143
tackles, six sacks, nine interceptions,
and two fumble recoveries. In four
seasons at the University of Tulsa, he
executed 310 tackles in 50 games.
An Eskimo for two years with batterymate
Darren Flutie, Danny McManus
ended up in the Canadian Football
Hall of Fame. He made it to the 1996
Grey Cup game with Edmonton and
then opened the 1997 season with the
highest single-game passing totals in
Eskimo history, with 33 completions
for 46 pass attempts for 497 yards.
When he retired, he ranked third alltime
in passing yards, with 53,255.
The longest surviving member
of the original 1949 Edmonton
Eskimos, Steve Mendryk played nine
seasons—1949 through 1958—to
rack up five Grey Cup appearances
and three Grey Cup championships.
Playing as a U of A Golden Bear
before continuing his career with the
Eskimos, Mendryk went on to become
a professor at the university. He’s in
the Alberta, Edmonton and University
of Alberta sports halls of fame.
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