Joe Fleming
No. 76 | |
Date of birth | December 5, 1971 |
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Place of birth | Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Career information | |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | DT |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
US college | New Hampshire |
High school | Xaverian Brothers (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1996–1997 | BC Lions |
1998–1999 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
2000–2004 | Calgary Stampeders |
2004–2005 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 |
CFL East All-Star | 1998 |
CFL West All-Star | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 |
Awards | 2003 CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player 2003 Norm Fieldgate Trophy |
Career stats | |
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Joe Fleming (born December 5, 1971) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Over his ten years in the CFL he played for three teams and did not play during the 2002 CFL season.[1]
Fleming announced his retirement prior to the 2006 CFL football season.[2]
Early life
Fleming attended Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts, and was a star in both football and hockey, along with being a top student. In football, he was a Boston Globe and a Quincy Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic Choice while playing at the University of New Hampshire.[3] In ice hockey he was selected in the twelfth round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues.
Notes
- ^ Joe Fleming #76, cfl.ca
- ^ Blue Bombers' Fleming retires from CFL, CBC Sports, May 19, 2006, archived from the original on October 26, 2012
- ^ Rendell, Rick (May 25, 2006), Joe Fleming on his Canadian football League career, MetroWest Daily News