Ed Harrington

Ed Harrington (February 8, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was a star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.^[1]

Ed Harrington

Date of birth	(1941-02-08)February 8, 1941
Place of birth	Speer, Oklahoma
Date of death	November 26, 2011(2011-11-26) (aged 70)
Place of death	Field, Ontario
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	DE
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
US college	Langston
Career history
As player
1963–1965 1967–1971, 1974	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1968, 1969, 1970
CFL East All-Star	1964, 1968, 1969, 1970

Harrington played college football at Langston University and later with the Toronto Rifles of the Continental Football League. He had a 10-year career in the Canadian Football League from 1963 to 1974 for the Toronto Argonauts. He was a CFL All-Star three times. His name was put in the All-time Argos on September 19, 2010.^[2]

Personal

During his career, Harrington worked with various community organization in Toronto including Physical Director of the Toronto YMCA.^[3] After football, he worked at the Ontario Ombudsman Office (1974–1986), patient advocate at psychiatric hospitals in Whitby and North Bay.^[4]

Harrington died in Field, Ontario of cancer and survived by wife Terryl.