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Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About Glen Scrivener
- Glen Scrivener (born July 14, 1967) is a former football player in the Canadian Football League for 12 years.
- Scrivener played defensive tackle for five different teams from 1990-2001.
- His brother Colin also played in the CFL. Glen Scrivener was drafted in the first round third over all by the Saskatchewan Rough Riders in 1990.
- He was traded to the BC in 1992 & played for the 1994 BC Lions club that won the 82nd Grey Cup, 26–23, over the Baltimore Stallions at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
- He had a chance for a second Grey Cup in 1996, during his 1st stint with the Edmonton Eskimos, but the team fell to Toronto.
- In 1998, Scrivener was the recipient of the Tom Pate Memorial Award, an honour named for a late CFL player who died at an early age, and awarded to the athlete who best represents Pate's legacy of commitment both to team and community.
- Scrivener, then playing for Winnipeg, became the 1st member of the Blue Bombers to receive the award.
- Among Scrivener's off-field contributions through the years has been participation in Allstars Baseball, a group of professional athletes and occasionally other celebrities who play benefit softball games for charities such as Special Olympics & The Variety Club.Scrivener, who is the son of late Winnipeg Blue Bombers executive Harvey Scrivener, played his college football at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, U.S.
- Since retirement, Scrivener works in the propane business in Manitoba. He currently sits on the board of directors of both the Winnipeg Blue Bomber Alumni & Winnipeg Rifles Junior Football Club.
- Scrivener was one of the sources the Winnipeg Free Press quoted for a November 23, 2008, article on the rigours of professional football.
- The piece by Randy Turner, dubbed "The Killing Field: Pro football offers fame and glory, but the price is terrible," was prompted by the death at age 46 of former Blue Bombers offensive lineman Nick Benjamin.
- Scrivener noted he had undergone 18 orthopedic surgeries.
- Said Scrivener: "There are mornings when I get out of bed (and feel pain) and I'll say, 'Yeah, I remember that.
- That was B.C.
- Place.
- I remember getting hit by (former Lions offensive lineman) Jamie Taras when he shortened my neck.
- Or you've got turf toe on one foot so you can only wear certain types of shoes now.
- No more cowboy boots.
- There's constant reminders of when you used to play.
- Some of them are really positive, when people come up and say, 'Hey, I used to be a season-ticket holder and sat behind the bench.
- I thought I recognized you.' That's a good thing.
- But I can't remember the last time I ran because I wanted to."
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