Gene Gaines

Gene Gaines
No. 22
Date of birth (1938-06-26) June 26, 1938
Place of birth Los Angeles, California
Career information
Status Retired
CFL status National
Position(s) DB
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
College UCLA
Career history
As coach
1982 Edmonton Eskimos (DB Coach)
1986-1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Secondary Coach)
As player
1961 Montreal Alouettes
1962-1969 Ottawa Rough Riders
1970-1976 Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 1965, 1966, 1967
CFL East All-Star 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971
Awards 1966 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
Honors Grey Cup champion - 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974
Career stats

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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