Marco Cyncar (born April 13, 1958) is a former

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receiver who played eleven seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos. He was a member of four Grey Cup Championship teams in Edmonton. Cyncar played for the

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of the Canadian Junior Football League and also university football with the

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from 1976 to 1978. He was selected by the Eskimos in the

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as a territorial exemption and won his first Grey Cup as a member of that year's squad. An interesting deal in the

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saw the Eskimos "loan" Cyncar to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for a single season (in which he played that season's Grey Cup game) after which he returned to the Eskimos for the

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. He completed his career in Edmonton gathering three more Grey Cup victories as part of the Eskimos dynasty of that period.

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1958 births Living people Alberta Golden Bears football players Canadian football wide receivers Edmonton Elks players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Players of Canadian football from Alberta Canadian football people from Edmonton {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub