Ed Harrington (February 8, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was a star defensive lineman in the

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. Harrington played college football at

Langston University Langston University (LU) is a public land-grant historically black university in Langston, Oklahoma. It is the only historically black college in the state and the westernmost four-year public HBCU in the United States. The main campus in Lan ...

and later with the

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of the

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. He had a 10-year career in the

from 1963 to 1974 for the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Argonauts compete in the East Division (CFL), East Division of t ...

. He was a CFL All-Star three times. His name was put in the All-time Argos on September 19, 2010.

Personal

During his career, Harrington worked with various community organization in Toronto including Physical Director of the Toronto YMCA. After football, he worked at the Ontario Ombudsman Office (1974–1986), patient advocate at psychiatric hospitals in Whitby and North Bay. Harrington died in

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of cancer and survived by wife Terryl.

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Career bio
* 1941 births 2011 deaths Players of Canadian football from Oklahoma Canadian football defensive linemen Continental Football League players Langston Lions football players People from Choctaw County, Oklahoma Players of American football from Oklahoma Toronto Argonauts players {{Canadianfootball-defensive-lineman-stub