Ed McQuarters

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1943)}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Ed McQuarters

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|4|16}}

| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date =

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| number = 61

| import = yes

| position1 = Defensive lineman

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 255

| college = Oklahoma

| NFLDraftedYear = 1965

| NFLDraftedRound = 18

| NFLDraftedPick = 250

| NFLDraftedTeam = St. Louis Cardinals

| playing_years1 = 1965

| playing_team1 = St. Louis Cardinals

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1966}}–{{CFL Year|1974}}

| playing_team2 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| career_highlights =

Grey Cup champion (1966)
2× DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy ({{CFL Year|1968}}, {{CFL Year|1969}})
Second-team All-Big Eight (1963)

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1967}}, {{CFL Year|1968}}, {{CFL Year|1969}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1967}}, {{CFL Year|1968}}, {{CFL Year|1969}}

| DatabaseFootball = MCQUAED01

| CFHOF = ed-mcquarters

| CFHOFYear = 1988

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Eddie Lee McQuarters (born April 16, 1943) is a former defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1966 to 1974. McQuarters was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

College and NFL

After a stellar career at the University of Oklahoma, McQuarters was selected in the 18th round of the 1965 NFL draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, but after one year was released.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

McQuarters was a defensive tackle, playing his entire 9-year career for Saskatchewan. The Green Riders played in four Grey Cup games during that period, winning in his rookie year, the 54th Grey Cup in 1966 against the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Mcquarters lost his left eye in a home workshop accident prior to the 1971 season, which limited his effectiveness but did not prevent him from playing up to the 1974 season, when he was cut after spending most of the year with knee injuries.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19741023&id=YK4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ie0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4587,3050435|title = Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search}}

=Honors and statistics=

McQuarters was a CFL all-star in 1967, 1968, and 1969, winning the CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award in 1967.

McQuarters had 10 fumble recoveries, one of them for an 80-yard touchdown,{{cite news |title=Just like Old Times |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/just-like-old-times/article1108688/ |website=Globe and Mail |date=29 October 2006 |publisher=Globe and Mail |access-date=11 August 2018|last1=Maki |first1=Allan }} one interception for a touchdown, and four blocked kicks.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/m/mcquarters_ed.htm|title = Ed McQuarters}}

Video clips

{{YouTube|Kuclh4OdxCI|Seen in game 3 of the 1970 Western finals against Calgary in its entirety}}

References

Category:1943 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian football defensive linemen

Category:Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees

Category:Oklahoma Sooners football players

Category:Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Category:St. Louis Cardinals (football) players

Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players

Category:Players of Canadian football from Oklahoma

Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma