John Joseph Poirier (born July 30, 1937) was an all-star and

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

champion football player in the

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

for twelve years with the

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

. He played as a

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

for the Riders and was a part of three

winning teams and was a 5-time Eastern all-star.Joe Poirier Ottawa Citizen
, November 25, 1966">Ottawa Citizen">Joe Poirier Ottawa Citizen
, November 25, 1966/ref> He never missed a game in the 12 years he played.

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1939 births Living people Canadian football defensive backs Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners McGill Redbirds football players Ottawa Rough Riders players People from Verdun, Quebec Players of Canadian football from Quebec Sportspeople from Montreal {{Canadianfootball-defensiveback-stub