Alvin Earl Walton (born March 14, 1964) is a former

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in the

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(NFL) for the

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and the

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of the

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(CFL). He played

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and the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

. Walton is among a select group who have won both an NFL and CFL championship.

Early life

Walton was born in

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, and attended Banning High School in

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College career

After graduating from high school, Walton attended and played

for two years, before transferring to the

. He was ruled academically ineligible to compete during what would have been his senior year in 1985, and he never earned a degree. While at Kansas University, Alvin was roommates with Lynn Red Williams who was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams and later starred as "Sabre" of the American Gladiators in over 50 countries and "Jax" in the number one box-office movie Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

Professional career

NFL

Walton was drafted in the third round (75th overall) of the

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by the

and won

Super Bowl XXII Super Bowl XXII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins and American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for th ...

and

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with the team. After being release by the team in 1992, he worked for

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and the

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and attended barber school.

CFL

After being out of football for three years, Walton joined the

of the CFL, where he won the

83rd Grey Cup The 83rd Grey Cup a.k.a. The Wind Bowl was the 1995 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Baltimore Stallions and the Calgary Stampeders at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Stallions won the game by a score of 3 ...

in 1995. It was the only time an American franchise won the

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Personal life

Walton is married and has seven children. His wife pawned his two Super Bowl rings and hoped to redeem them when the family's situation improved, but they were sold without Walton's knowledge.

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* 1964 births Living people American football safeties Baltimore Stallions players Kansas Jayhawks football players Sportspeople from Riverside, California Washington Redskins players African-American players of Canadian football Mt. San Jacinto Eagles football players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople Players of American football from Riverside, California Players of Canadian football from California {{defensiveback-1960s-stub