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Wayne Harris

Wayne Harris
No. 55
Nickname(s) Thumper
Date of birth (1938-05-04)May 4, 1938
Place of birth Hampton, Arkansas, U.S.
Date of death June 4, 2015(2015-06-04) (aged 77)
Place of death Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) LB/C
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
College Arkansas
Career history
As player
19611972 Calgary Stampeders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971
CFL West All-Star 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Awards MVP, 1971 Grey Cup
Retired #s 55 (Stampeders)
Career stats

Carroll Wayne Harris (May 4, 1938 – June 4, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1961 through 1972. His son, Wayne Harris, Jr., coaches football and also played for the Stampeders of the CFL.

Harris was a high school all-American who played collegiately for University of Arkansas from 1957 to 1960. In 1960, he was selected as the outstanding player in the Southwest Conference and played in the Cotton Bowl Classic and the All-American Bowl. He was nicknamed "Thumper".

Harris was drafted by the Boston Patriots of the American Football League, but opted to play in Canadian Football League for 12 years, all with the Calgary Stampeders. He won the Outstanding Lineman Award a record 4 times. He was named all-Western Conference 11 times and all-Canadian 9 times, appearing in 3 Grey Cup finals: the 56th Grey Cup of 1968, the 58th Grey Cup of 1970, and the 59th Grey Cup of 1971, the latter being the only victory, when he was named Most Outstanding Player in the game. His jersey #55 was retired by the Stampeders in 1973.

Harris has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame (2004), the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, Arkansas' all-century team for the 20th century, and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. In November 2006, Harris was voted 9th among the CFL's Top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network The Sports Network/TSN, no linebacker being ahead of him.


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