Tracy Gravely (born April 24, 1968) is a former all star linebacker in the

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. A graduate of

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,(13 September 1989)
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''Point Pleasant Register'' where he was

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Defensive Player of the Year in 1989, he signed with the New York Giants, but never played a game with them. He came to

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in 1991, playing briefly with the Ottawa Rough Riders. He was with the

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during 1992 and 1993, playing 13 games. He joined the

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in 1994 and won the Grey Cup with the

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in 1995, when he was a Southern Division all-star. He went north with the team when they became the

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, and would play 112 games for them, being an all star in 1996 and winning the James P. McCaffrey Trophy for best defensive player in the East the same year. Presently he is a football coach with his alma mater,

and, in 2005, was chosen as a member of the Alouettes "Team of the Decade".Bone, Tom (31 January 2008)
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1968 births Living people BC Lions players Baltimore Stallions players Montreal Alouettes players Ottawa Rough Riders players People from Kimball, West Virginia Concord Mountain Lions football players Players of American football from West Virginia {{Canadianfootball-linebacker-stub