Gene Gaines

American gridiron football player (1938–2023)

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Gene GainesNo. 22

Date of birth| (1938-06-26)June 26, 1938
Place of birth| Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of death| July 6, 2023(2023-07-06) (aged 85)
Career information
CFL status| National
Position(s)| DB
Height| 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight| 185 lb (84 kg)
US college| UCLA
High school| David Starr Jordan (CA)
AFL draft| 1961 / round: 21 / pick: 167
Drafted by| San Diego Chargers
Career history
As coach
1982| Edmonton Eskimos (DB Coach)
1986–1990| Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Secondary Coach)
As player
1961| Montreal Alouettes
1962–1969| Ottawa Rough Riders
1970–1976| Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star| 1965, 1966, 1967
CFL East All-Star| 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971
Awards| 1966 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
Honors| 4× Grey Cup champion - 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 (player), 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1990 (coaching staff)
Career stats

* Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1994

Eugene Carver "Gene" Gaines (June 26, 1938 – July 6, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for 16 years in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[1]

Gaines was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the Watts neighborhood.[2][3] He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. Gaines had 42 career interceptions in the CFL.[4] With Ottawa in 1964, he set a CFL record with a 128-yard kickoff return in the Eastern Conference playoffs against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[2] In 1970, he was both a player and one of the defensive backfield coaches for the Alouettes.[5][6] Gaines played in the CFL as a non-import player based on a 1965 ruling allowing teams to designate certain long-term players as Canadian for football purposes.[7][8][9][10]

Following his retirement as a player, he remained involved in coaching in the CFL, with Montreal (1977–81), Edmonton Eskimos (1982), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1986–87, 1989–90), and Hamilton (1988). He also coached in the United States with the Los Angeles Express (USFL) in 1983, and in 1984–85 with the NFL Houston Oilers; on the American teams, he accompanied his Edmonton Coach Hugh Campbell, and at the end of the 1985 season was not renewed to the staff, and Campbell had been fired after 14 games.

Gaines died on July 6, 2023, at the age of 85.[11]

## References

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1. ^ Canadian Football Hall of Fame
2. ^ a b Cole, Cam (July 16, 1982). "Gaines: building on excellence". Edmonton Journal. p. E4. Retrieved July 8, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Burke, Tim (July 15, 1972). "A pride in tolerance since Robinson, Trawick; but is the image really cut on the race bias?". The Gazette. p. 23. Retrieved July 8, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Gene Gaines Pro Football Stats, Position, College, Transactions". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
5. ^ Gaines Likes Dual Role, Admits 'it's Been Tough'
6. ^ Now a coach, Gene Gaines says 'my big chance'
7. ^ Hickey, Pat. "Gaines (the player) can't quit yet. Gaines (the coach) has no substitute". The Montreal Star. p. 43. Retrieved July 8, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ MacDonald, Ian (October 26, 1966). "Ottawa's Gaines Still Unsigned". The Montreal Star. p. 30. Retrieved July 8, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Player selections down to wire". The Ottawa Citizen. July 30, 1965. p. 15. Retrieved July 8, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Lalonde bill timing tight". The Gazette. April 25, 1974. p. 40. Retrieved July 8, 2023 - via Newspapers.com. "For instance, if the law passes, does Gene Gaines have to take out Canadian citizenship to retain his non-import status? CFL commissioner Jake Gaudaur says 'no' because "acquired rights will have to be protected and Gaines acquired his Canadian status years ago."
11. ^ "Ottawa Mourns the Loss of Legend Gene Gaines". CFL News Hub. July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.

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Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy – MVP in the IRFU or CFL Eastern Conference (prior to 1973)

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* Larry Fairholm
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* Keith Eaman
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Edmonton Eskimos 70th Grey Cup champions

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* 22 Tom Scott
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* 78 Ralph Dixon
* 79 Mark de Brueys
* 88 Tom Tuinei
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* 12 Sean Salisbury
* 20 James Jefferson
* 21 James Murphy
* 22 Perry Tuttle
* 23 Tony Johns
* 24 Ken Hailey
* 26 Ken Winey
* 29 Paul Clatney
* 30 Darryl Sampson
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* 35 Dan Wicklum
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* 39 Walter Bender
* 44 Leon Hatziioannou
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* 66 Steve Rodehutskors
* 70 Paul Shorten
* 72 Delbert Fowler
* 73 Randy Fabi
* 74 Vernon Pahl
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* 77 Stan Mikawos
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* Bruce Lemmerman
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Players|

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* Bennett
* Bonk
* Bourke
* Bowman
* Box
* Breen
* Bright
* C. Brock
* D. Brock
* Do. Brown
* T. Brown
* Browne
* Brule
* Burden
* Burris
* Cahoon
* Calvillo
* Cameron
* J. Campbell
* Casey
* Charlton
* Childress
* Clarke
* Clements
* Clemons
* Coffey
* Conacher
* Connop
* Copeland
* Cornish
* Corrigall
* Covington
* C. Cox
* E. Cox
* R. Craig
* Crawford
* Cronin
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* W. Cutler
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* DiPietro
* Dixon
* Dunigan
* Elgaard
* Elimimian
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* Emerson
* Estay
* Etcheverry
* Evanshen
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* Frank
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* Gabriel
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* E. Kelly
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* N. Lewis
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* Russel
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* V. Scott
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* Stirling
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* Symons
* Thelen
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* Timmis
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* Tommy
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* Tucker
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* Wagner
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* Walker
* Weir
* Welch
* West
* Wilkinson
* G. Williams
* A. Wilson
* D. Wilson
* Winfield
* Wylie
* Yochum
* Young
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* Zock

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* McDonald
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* Newton
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* Reda
* A. Ritchie
* D. Ritchie
* Rodden
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* J. Simpson
* F. Smith
* L. Smith
* Slocomb
* Spencer
* Spring
* Stukus
* P. Taylor
* Tindall
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* Uteck
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Media|

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* Hooper
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* Hunter
* Hynes
* Irving
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* Pascall
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* Picken
* J. Proudfoot
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* Proulx
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* Selnes
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* Simmons
* D. Smith
* M. Smith
* Stephen
* Stephenson
* Stukus
* Suitor
* Sullivan
* Swangard
* Tait
* J. Taylor
* Tucker
* Ullrich
* Viney
* G. Walker
* H. Walker
* Ja. Wells
* Jo. Wells
* Westwick
* Willes
* B. Williams
* Wittman
* Zurkowsky

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