Sandy Beveridge (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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 ...

who played eight seasons on special teams and as a defensive back for the

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

of the

Canadian Football League 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 ...

. He was signed by the Tiger-Cats as an

undrafted free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

in 2003. Beveridge announced his retirement on July 26, 2010 after he had accepted a firefighter position with the Hamilton Fire Department. Beveridge played

CIS football U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports (formerly Canadian Interuniversity Sport). Twenty-seven teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic confer ...

for the

UBC Thunderbirds The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thun ...

and worked with former

Coquitlam Cheetahs The Coquitlam Cheetahs are a non-profit Canadian track and field club based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Their home track is Percy Perry Stadium, named after former Cheetahs' coach Percy Perry. The Cheetahs were founded in 1962, and the team ...

track and field coach

Percy Perry Percy Adolphus Perry (June 12, 1930 – January 5, 2005) was a Canadian track and field coach from Coquitlam, British Columbia. Personal life Perry was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and played on Trinidad's national soccer team before immigrat ...

on developing his running.Coquitlam Now
Coquitlam loses coach, mentor
Retrieved on 27 December 2009

References

External links

Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio
1981 births Living people Players of Canadian football from British Columbia Canadian football defensive backs UBC Thunderbirds football players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players {{Canadianfootball-defensiveback-stub