Danny Kepley

Dan Kepley
No. 42
Born:	August 24, 1953 (age 71); Albemarle, North Carolina, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	American
Position(s)	LB
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)
College	East Carolina
Career history
As coach
1985	Edmonton Eskimos (Def. Assistant)
2002–2005	Edmonton Eskimos (Def. Assistant/DL coach)
2006–2010	Edmonton Eskimos (LB coach)
As player
1975–1984	Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
	8× Grey Cup champion (1975, 1978–1982, 2003, 2005); Second-team All-American (1974);
CFL All-Star	1977–1981
CFL West All-Star	1977–1981
Awards	1977 CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player; 1977 Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy; 1980 CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player; 1980 Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy; 1981 CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player; 1981 Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy
Honors	1987 - Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour
Career stats
	Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1996;

Daniel Kepley (born August 24, 1953) is a former star linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Kepley played college football at East Carolina University. He tried out with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys before starting a 10-year career with the Eskimos from 1975 to 1984.

He was an intense player and hard tackler. Teamed with fellow linebackers Dale Potter and Tom Towns for 8 seasons, this trio formed the backbone of a defence that played in 7 Grey Cup games, winning six championships. Kepley won 3 CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Awards and was an All Star 5 times.

Following retirement, Kepley spent the 1985 season as an assistant coach with the Eskimos. He began a real estate career, worked as a football analyst on both radio (CFRN) and television (CBC, ESPN), and from 2002 to 2010 was an assistant coach with the Eskimos. Kepley has struggled with alcoholism and in 2000 spent time in jail for impaired driving, his fifth such offence.^[1]

Kepley was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 2006 was named one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#11) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network The Sports Network/TSN.

References

^ Back in football heaven - Despite defeat, Dan Kepley is thankful to be part of the game again, Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun, Nov. 25, 2002.

[1] Back in football heaven - Despite defeat, Dan Kepley is thankful to be part of the game again, Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun, Nov. 25, 2002.

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