Ken Evraire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian football player and journalist
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Ken Evraire
- Ken Evraire (born July 17, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former television journalist, host and former professional football league player. At present, Evraire is a keynote speaker/presenter (featuring The I in Team and Coaching Up is the only option" presentations), interim Executive Director at TGC Ottawa and pre/post game analyst for the Ottawa REDBLACKS on TSN1200. Football History - At the university level, he played as a slotback (SB), for the Golden Hawks of the Wilfrid Laurier University from 1985 to 1988.
- He was named three times in the Ontario University Athletics's first all-star team and twice in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport First All-Canadian Team.
- He was also named the OUA MVP in 1988 and the league's rookie of the year in 1986.
- In 1987, the Golden Hawks won the Yates Cup and was involved in a historic play in which he received a 106-yard pass that led the team to the Ontario championship.
- He was inducted in the Golden Hawks Hall of Fame in 1993.
- While playing football, he also earned at the same time a bachelor's degree in communications.Evraire played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Ottawa Rough Riders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
- He spent seven years with Hamilton.
- In 1992, while with the Tiger-Cats, he won the Lew Hayman Trophy which is awarded to the most outstanding Canadian in the Eastern Division.Following his career, Evraire worked until 2009 as a sports reporter at A in Ottawa and co-hosted along with Lianne Laing, Senators Primetime, a post-game talk show following each Ottawa Senators hockey game on A, generally on Thursday Nights. In June 2009; he joined the CTV Ottawa as a weekend sports anchor following A's cancellation of evening and weekend newscasts at 6 and 11. Beginning with the 2010 season, Evraire is the head coach of the Ottawa Invaders of the Northern Football Conference.
- In their inaugural season, he led the team to a 3-4-1 record.
- He coached the Invaders to 2 consecutive league finals and then launched RedZone7 Football.
- Evraire is married to Pamela Steeves and has 3 children (Elijah, Summer and Nate). Evraire has a cousin, named Chris Evraire who played in the CFL for Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Renegades.
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