John Barrow (Canadian football)

John Barrow
Career information
Date of birth	(1935-10-31)October 31, 1935
Place of birth	Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Date of death	February 17, 2015(2015-02-17) (aged 79)
Place of death	Missouri City, Texas, U.S.
CFL status	International
Position(s)	DT/OT
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	255 lb (116 kg)
College	Florida
NFL draft	1957 / Round: 5 / Pick: 59
Drafted by	Detroit Lions
Career history
As player
1957–1970	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1956) First-team All-SEC (1956) 4× Grey Cup championship (1957, 1963, 1965, 1967) 4× All-Canadian (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967) CFL Lineman of the Century (1967)
CFL All-Star	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967
CFL East All-Star	1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1976

John B. Barrow (October 31, 1935 – February 17, 2015) was an American college and professional football player who was an offensive and defensive tackle in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen seasons in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Barrow played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as an All-American. Thereafter, he played professionally for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL, and was later inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

Barrow was born in Delray Beach, Florida in 1935. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was an offensive and defensive lineman for coach Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators football team from 1954 to 1956. As a senior in 1956, he was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, a Football Writers Association of America first-team All-American, and the Gators' team captain. Barrow was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."