Gene Gaines
      
Gene Gaines| No. 22 | 
| Date of birth | (1938-06-26) June 26, 1938 | 
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| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California | 
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| Career information | 
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| Status | Retired | 
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| CFL status | National | 
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| Position(s) | DB | 
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | 
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| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | 
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| College | UCLA | 
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| Career history | 
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| As coach | 
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| 1982 | Edmonton Eskimos (DB Coach) | 
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| 1986-1990 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Secondary Coach) | 
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| As player | 
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| 1961 | Montreal Alouettes | 
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| 1962-1969 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 
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| 1970-1976 | Montreal Alouettes | 
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| Career highlights and awards | 
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| CFL All-Star | 1965, 1966, 1967 | 
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| CFL East All-Star | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 | 
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| Awards | 1966 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy | 
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| Honors | Grey Cup champion - 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 | 
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| Career stats | 
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Gene Gaines (born June 26, 1938) was a football player in the CFL sixteen years. He starred as a defensive back for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[1]
In 1970 he was both a player and one of the defensive backfield coaches for the Alouettes.[2][3]
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 |  |  | Before re-purposing in 1973 the trophy was awarded to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship, and courage in the IRFU or the CFL East
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