Stewart Hill

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Stewart Hill

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|16}}

| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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| number = 36

| import = yes

| position1 = Defensive end

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 230

| college = Washington

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1984}}–{{CFL Year|1990}}

| playing_team1 = Edmonton Eskimos

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1991}}–{{CFL Year|1992}}

| playing_team2 = BC Lions

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1993}}

| playing_team3 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion (1987)

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1984}}, {{CFL Year|1989}}, {{CFL Year|1990}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1984}}, {{CFL Year|1986}}, {{CFL Year|1989}}, {{CFL Year|1990}}, {{CFL Year|1991}}

| awards = * 1984 Jackie Parker Trophy

| records = Eskimos Record

  • Most Sacks – Career (102)

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Stewart Hill (born March 16, 1962) is an American former award-winning linebacker in the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders.{{Cite web |title=1984 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

After playing college football with the University of Washington, Hill went to Canada and signed with the Edmonton Eskimos.[http://www.esks.com/page/locker_player_history Locker Player History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114071711/http://www.esks.com/page/locker_player_history |date=2011-01-14 }}.{{Retrieved | accessdate=December 29, 2010}}

He would play in Edmonton for seven seasons, and in his first season (1984) he was an all-star and Jackie Parker Trophy winner (western division rookie and CFL runner up.) He was also an all star in 1989 and 1990, and in 1990 he won the Norm Fieldgate Trophy. He moved to the B.C. Lions in 1991 and 1992, where he was a western all star in 1991. He finished his career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1993. His 126 career quarterback sacks is 6th best in CFL history.2011 CFL Record book

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