Mark Nohra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mark Nohra

American football player

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1973

Place of Birth: Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Profession: Canadian football player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Mark Nohra

  • Mark Nohra (born October 23, 1973 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a former running back and fullback with the Canadian Football League's B.C.
  • Lions. He attended the University of British Columbia and is 5 feet 11 inches tall and 228 lbs.
  • He has spent 8 years in the CFL with 3 teams.
  • He was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1997 (4th round, 28th overall) and signed by the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League in 1998.
  • The Bills released him at the end of training camp and Nohra was signed by the Lions in September 1998.
  • He played a combined 17 games from 1998–1999 with B.C.
  • From 2000–2001, he had his most successful years with the Edmonton Eskimos.
  • In 2000, he was 9th in the CFL with a career-high 760 yards gained.
  • That year, he also had a career-high 5 touchdowns.
  • Nohra led Edmonton with 666 yards after playing 2 games in NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores in 2001.
  • That was after he was sent to NFL Europe by the Atlanta Falcons.
  • The Ottawa Renegades signed him for the 2002 season where he played 14 games and had his last touchdown.
  • In June 2003, he was signed to his second stint with the Lions.
  • He played 9 games in 2003, 2 in 2004, none in 2005 and 13 in 2006.
  • Nohra was injured when the Lions won the 2006 Grey Cup Nohra was released by the B.C.
  • Lions after having knee surgery in 2007. Before Mark Nohra went pro he played for the UBC Thunderbirds.
  • November 1997 Mark Nohra has one of UBC's best-ever seasons.
  • This season he is selected an All-Canadian, the CIS's outstanding football player and winner of the Hec Crighton Trophy, leads UBC to a Vanier Cup championship and is game co- MVP, sets three UBC season rushing records, wins the Bobby Gaul Award and receives an invitation to the camp of the Buffalo Bills.
  • Mark Nohra was the first Thunderbird to ever win the Vanier Cup and Hec Crighton Trophy in the same year.

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