Stanley Blair (born July 4, 1964) is a former 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

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cornerback. Coming out of the

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Southeastern, SE, or SOSU) is a public university in Durant, Oklahoma. It had an undergraduate enrollment of 4,824 in 2019. History On March 6, 1909, the Second Oklahoma State Legislature approved an a ...

football program, Blair joined the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

in 1987 and took the CFL by storm, capturing the

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as best rookie in the West and winning a

. His blocked kick in the

75th Grey Cup The 75th Grey Cup was the 1987 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Toronto Argonauts. The Eskimos defeated the Argonauts 38–36, on Jerry Kauric's last ...

classic was instrumental. He played two more seasons in Edmonton and was selected as an all-star in each.CFLAPEDIA entry: Edmonton He was courted by many

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teams, but signed with the

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and played only 5 games with them before injuries ended his career.

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1964 births Living people Players of American football from Pine Bluff, Arkansas Players of Canadian football from Arkansas American football defensive backs Canadian football defensive backs Edmonton Elks players Phoenix Cardinals players Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm football players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople {{defensiveback-1960s-stub