Greg Stumon
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Greg Stumon
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|26}}
| birth_place = Plain Dealing, Louisiana, U.S.
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| number = 45
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| import = yes
| position1 = Defensive end
| position2 = Linebacker
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| college = Southern Arkansas
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1986}}–{{CFL Year|1988}}
| playing_team1 = BC Lions
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1989}}
| playing_team2 = Edmonton Eskimos
| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1990}}–{{CFL Year|1992}}
| playing_team3 = Ottawa Rough Riders
| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|1994}}–{{CFL Year|1995}}
| playing_team4 = Shreveport Pirates
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| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1987}}, {{CFL Year|1988}}, {{CFL Year|1990}}
| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1990}}
| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1987}}, {{CFL Year|1988}}
| awards = 1987 CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award
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Greg Stumon (born May 26, 1963) is a former award-winning defensive end and linebacker who played the Canadian Football League.
A native of Plain Dealing, Louisiana, he attended the Southern Arkansas University,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gyNlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XYgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1196,4336844&dq=gregg+stumon&hl=en A battle to remain healthy] and was inducted into that school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
He began his CFL career with the BC Lions in 1986, playing until 1988. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 1987. He made the 1987 all-star team as a defensive end and the 1988 all-star team as an outside linebacker. After one season with the Edmonton Eskimos (1989) he moved on to the Ottawa Rough Riders (1990–92) where he made the 1990 all-star team as a defensive end.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224951/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/514445321.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+14,+1990&author=Steve+McAllister&pub=Waterloo+Region+Record&desc=All-star+surprise+Bombers+dominate+East+offence+despite+low-+scoring+year&pqatl=google All-star surprise Bombers dominate East offence despite low- scoring year] He later played with the expansion Shreveport Pirates for 1994 and 1995.
He trialled with the Dallas Cowboys in 1990 but was cut before the season started.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mzhSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bjYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6086,5960507&dq=greg+stumon&hl=en Cowboys Release Two Players]
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Category:People from Plain Dealing, Louisiana
Category:Canadian football defensive linemen
Category:Canadian football linebackers
Category:Edmonton Elks players
Category:Ottawa Rough Riders players
Category:Shreveport Pirates players
Category:Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award winners
Category:Southern Arkansas Muleriders football players
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