Carl Eugene Brazley (born September 5, 1957 in
Louisville, Kentucky
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) is a former football player in the
Canadian Football League
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for thirteen years. Brazley played
defensive back for the
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Canad ...
,
Ottawa Rough Riders and
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...
from 1980 to 1992. He was a CFL All-Star in 1983, the same season he won the
Grey Cup with the Argonauts. Brazley also played for the
San Diego Chargers as a replacement player in 1987. He played college football at
Western Kentucky University
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. He ended his 13-year career in 1993, playing with the Toronto Argonauts.
He has a wife Jan, a son Nikolas, and a daughter Sunni who all live in Louisville, Kentucky. Nikolas played for the
Kentucky
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as a wide receiver from 2006 to 2011.
1957 births
Living people
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football players
Montreal Alouettes players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Toronto Argonauts players
San Diego Chargers players
American players of Canadian football
Canadian football defensive backs
Players of American football from Louisville, Kentucky
Players of Canadian football from Louisville, Kentucky
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