Éric Lapointe (Canadian football)
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| Date of birth | September 13, 1974 |
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| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | RB |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| University | Mount Allison |
| CFL draft | 1999 / Round: 3 / Pick: 20 |
| Drafted by | Edmonton Eskimos |
| Career history | |
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| 1999 | Edmonton Eskimos* |
| 1999 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 2000 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2001–2006 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Awards | 1995 CIAU Rookie of the Year 1996 Hec Crighton Trophy 1998 Hec Crighton Trophy |
| Records | CIAU: 1,619 rushing yards in a season (1996) |
| Career stats | |
Éric Lapointe (born September 13, 1974) is a retired Canadian football player. He was a running back with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League.
A native of Brossard, Quebec, Lapointe is an alumnus of Mount Allison University where he played football for the Mount Allison Mounties. While playing at the university level, he was Canada's Rookie of the Year, a three-time All-Canadian, and a two-time Hec Crighton Trophy winner as Most Outstanding Player in Canada (1996 and 1998), for which he received special congratulations by the Legislature of Nova Scotia. He was also a rushing leader for the Atlantic conference and nationally. In 1996, he rushed 1,619 yards to break the record in Atlantic University Sport. In his four years of playing, he rushed 4,666 yards, just 29 yards short of the CIAU all-time career rushing record. Despite being eligible to play for 5 years in Canadian university football, Lapointe graduated and opted to finish his university sports career after only 4 years. He still supports the team and often can be seen at their games in Quebec.
After graduation in 1999, Lapointe was selected in the third round (20th overall) of the CFL entry draft by the Edmonton Eskimos but was released shortly afterward to play for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. As part of this 1999 Grey Cup winning team, Lapointe started for only 2 games yet finished 11th in the league with 691 rushing yards. In 2000, Lapointe was traded to the Toronto Argonauts in a multi-player deal but languished and left the team during the 2001 off-season as a free agent to work in the financial services industry, closer to his home in Montreal.
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