Granville Liggins
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| Date of birth | June 2, 1946 |
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| Place of birth | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Career information | |
| Status | Retired |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | G/DT |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| College | Oklahoma |
| NFL draft | 1968 / Round: 10 / Pick: 256 |
| Drafted by | Detroit Lions |
| Career history | |
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| 1968–1972 | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1973–1978 | Toronto Argonauts |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1971, 1976 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1975, 1976 |
| CFL West All-Star | 1971, 1972 |
Granville "Granny" Liggins (born June 2, 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American football and a Canadian Football League player.
At the University of Oklahoma, Liggins was not only a football player, but also a wrestler. In 1967, he was an NCAA Division I All-American wrestler, a Consensus All-American with the Sooners football team, where he played noseguard, 7th in Heisman Trophy voting, UPI Lineman of the Year, and an All-Big Eight Conference All-Star. He was a member of the Sooners' squad when it upset the #2 ranked Tennessee Volunteers 26-24 in the 1968 Orange Bowl. A highlight feature of the game was nose-guard Liggins squaring off against Tennessee's All-American center Bob Johnson. By the 2nd half of the game, Tennessee was forced to double-team Liggins in an attempt to shut-off his quarterback pass rush.
In his autobiography, Fighting Back, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Robert "Rocky" Bleier lauded Liggins as perhaps the fastest defensive lineman Bleier had ever faced during his college career.
During his football career, Granville Liggins played for the Calgary Stampeders (1968–1972) and the Toronto Argonauts (1973–1978) in the Canadian Football League. In Calgary, from 1969 to 1972, Liggins played right defensive tackle alongside left tackle John Helton, with Wayne Harris at middle linebacker, forming a very impressing middle part of a defense. He was a member of a Stampeder team that was best in the CFL in points allowed and beat the Toronto Argonauts to win the 59th Grey Cup game of 1971. Liggins made the CFL's All-Canadian Team in 1971 and 1976 and received All-Western Football Conference Honours in 1972.
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