Gabriel Grégoire

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|name=Gabriel Grégoire

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|birth_place=Sainte-Martine, Quebec

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|12|22}}

|position=Defensive end

|amateur_team=Verdun Maple Leaf

|amateur_title=QJFL

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|Honors=1977 - Grey Cup champion

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|playing_years1=1976–80

|playing_team1=Montreal Alouettes

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Gabriel Grégoire is a former defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/FIGHTING/3411982/story.html |title=FIGHTING ON |last=Arthur |first=Bruce |date=18 August 2010 |work=National Post |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100825052315/http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/FIGHTING/3411982/story.html |archivedate=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |df= }}

Grégoire went to high school at the Collège de Montréal, but played his junior football with the Verdun Maple Leafs.

The {{convert|6|ft|3|in|adj=on}} and {{convert|230|lb|adj=on}} lineman joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1976 and played 5 seasons, for a total of 65 games, and three Grey Cup championships, one, the 65th Grey Cup, which he helped win in 1977.

Gabriel Grégoire was always a fan favourite in predominantly francophone Montreal, as he was truly a home grown talent playing during the Alouettes' glory years.

Grégoire was the co-host of the sport radio show on CKAC sport named Sports du lit with host Michel Langevin.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/chroniqueurs/rejean-tremblay/200910/29/01-916203-un-gardien-et-son-purgatoire.php |title=Un gardien et son purgatoire |last=Tremblay |first=Réjean |date=29 October 2009 |work=Cyberpresse |language=French |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919233702/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/chroniqueurs/rejean-tremblay/200910/29/01-916203-un-gardien-et-son-purgatoire.php |archivedate=19 September 2011 |url-status=dead |df= }}{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/137931/ckac-entame-son-virage-sportif|title=CKAC entame son virage sportif|last=Cauchon|first=Paul|date=2 April 2007|work=Le Devoir|language=French|accessdate=17 November 2010}} He also appears regularly on television for his football and sports expertise.

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