Can i get a biography on Herb Trawick?

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It's not for school or anything so copyright wont matter

Answer 1

The CFL website already wrote one up, look here to see it

http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=page&...

Answer 2

Herb Trawick was a famous Canadian Football League player and the first black man to play in the CFL.[citation needed]

Trawick attended Kentucky State University and graduated with a degree in phys ed. He was a three time All American in football, from 1940 to 1942. After school he enlisted in the army during World War II.

Lew Hayman and Leo Dandurand were managing the new Montreal Alouettes franchise in 1946, and they did not fail to notice how popular and well received the first black baseball player in the pros, Jackie Robinson (when he played minor league ball with the Montreal Royals.) They were determined to have a black player on their team.

Trawick was not their first choice, but he was the best. Surprisingly quick for 5 foot 10 inches and 230 pounds, we would go on to play 12 seasons (from 1946 to 1957) with the Larks, 147 regular season games in all, and be voted an all star 7 times. When he retired he was the only "original" Alouette on the team.

He also played in 4 Grey Cup games, scoring a touchdown on a fumble recovery in the Als 1949 win against the Calgary Stampeders. Trawick played in the three game Grey Cup set against the Edmonton Eskimos from 1954 to 1956, and had a touchdown on a fumble return called back in the classic 42nd Grey Cup game.

Though he was welcomed in Montreal and made it his home, things were not perfect. Though university educated, he could only find work as a doorman. He became a Canadian citizen in 1953. He was noted for his generous community charity work.

Much loved by his fans, the Alouettes retired his number, 56, and he was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1975. He was inducted into the Kentucky State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975. The city of Montreal honoured him by naming a park: Parc Herb-Twarick. He passed away in 1985.

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