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Covernton was voted the West's top rookie in 1992 and top offensive lineman in 1993. He twice earned division All-Star honours and was All-CFL in 1993. Covernton was part of the Grey Cup championship teams in 1992 and 1998.
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Covernton was owner and CEO of a staffing company in
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283:"A second look at first picks"
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664:86th Grey Cup champions
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309:"The Leadership Team"
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192:Jackie Parker Trophy
604:Assistant coaches:
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125:Calgary Stampeders
64:Career information
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749:Henry Burris
719:Tony Martino
677:Terry Vaughn
616:Don Sutherin
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571:Kent Warnock
561:Bob Torrance
551:Steve Taylor
531:Rocco Romano
506:Eric Mitchel
491:Tony Martino
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163:CFL All-Star
52:(2024-01-23)
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1379:2024 deaths
1374:1966 births
1343:T. Richards
1333:J. Williams
1328:S. Richards
1283:S. Williams
1203:St. Germain
1168:Groenewegen
943:Wally Buono
785:Duane Forde
767:Eddie Davis
755:Allen Pitts
701:Jeff Garcia
689:Darryl Hall
606:Tom Higgins
600:Wally Buono
546:Todd Storme
526:Marvin Pope
521:Allen Pitts
456:Darryl Hall
451:Duane Forde
446:Doug Flutie
441:Matt Finlay
431:Doug Davies
416:Tim Cofield
340:January 23,
267:October 19,
80:Position(s)
1368:Categories
1183:Millington
1148:Dobrovolny
1053:Mitchelson
893:Dan Disley
839:Rohn Meyer
803:Jay McNeil
725:Greg Frers
713:Aldi Henry
576:Ken Watson
501:Andy McVey
406:Carl Bland
243:References
147:champion (
33:1966-08-12
1263:Braidwood
1233:St. James
1193:Covernton
1123:Kirzinger
1023:Sigurdson
1003:McFarlane
707:Greg Knox
586:Greg Knox
511:Ken Moore
481:Stu Laird
436:Marc Dube
110:As player
1353:Dublanko
1318:Ekakitie
1313:St. John
1253:W. Smith
1243:Gauthier
1223:Fleiszer
1158:Benjamin
1153:Balkovec
1113:Berryman
1093:L. Smith
1088:Donnelly
1048:Wydareny
1033:Mitchell
998:McNichol
210:for the
204:football
145:Grey Cup
74:National
59:, Canada
42:, Canada
1323:Chapman
1303:Lavertu
1298:Gaydosh
1278:Rottier
1238:Schultz
1188:Mazzoli
1163:Warnock
1143:Kirkley
1103:Halsall
1098:Sopatyk
1068:Barrett
318:May 15,
293:July 5,
234:Calgary
214:of the
190:1992 -
1308:Mateas
1293:Heenan
1288:Muamba
1273:Barker
1268:Bauman
1258:Robédé
1248:Morley
1208:Nütten
1178:Wilcox
1133:Barrow
1128:Powell
1108:Scully
1078:Strong
1028:Stacey
1018:Hughes
1008:Fracas
208:tackle
187:Awards
97:Weight
89:Height
84:Tackle
1228:Meier
1213:Blair
1198:Burke
1138:Cosec
1118:Riley
1063:Turek
1058:Young
1043:Scott
1013:Bruce
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1348:Bull
1338:Burt
1218:Folk
1083:Holm
1073:Eben
1038:Wood
342:2024
320:2018
295:2016
269:2010
181:1994
177:1993
167:1993
153:1998
149:1992
120:1998
116:1992
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