Jim Corrigall

Jim Corrigall
No. 79
Date of birth	May 7, 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Barrie, Ontario
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	DE
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	253 lb (115 kg)
US college	Kent State
NFL draft	1970 / round: 2 / pick: 33
Drafted by	St. Louis Cardinals
Career history
As player
1970–1981	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1971, 1973, 1975, 1977
CFL East All-Star	1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
Awards	1970 – Gruen Trophy; 1975 – CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award
Career stats
	Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1990;

Jim Corrigall (born May 7, 1946) is a Canadian former gridiron football player and coach. He was all-star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.

High school and college

Corrigall played football in high school at Scollard Hall, a private boys' school in North Bay, Ontario, and Barrie North Collegiate, in Barrie, Ontario. He played his college football at Kent State University. During his outstanding university career, Corrigall was selected Most Valuable Sophomore, Best Defensive Lineman, Most Inspirational Player and he was the first Kent State player to be selected to the first team All-Mid-American Conference for three consecutive years. His jersey number 79 was retired by Kent State when he graduated.

CFL

Though drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL), (2nd round, 33rd overall) Corrigall came home to play an 11-year career with the Toronto Argonauts (from 1970 to 1981,) including 148 regular season and 5 playoff games. He won the Gruen Trophy as outstanding rookie in the CFL East, would be named an all star 7 times (All Canadian 4 times) and in 1975 he won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award.

Jim Corrigall was honoured as an "All-Time Argo" in 1997 for his contributions to the Argonaut team and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1990.

Coaching

In 1994, Corrigall returned to his alma mater, Kent State, as head football coach. The program had been struggling for years when he arrived and had just come off a winless season in 1993. Although some progress was made, the Golden Flashes best season under Corrigall, a 3–8 campaign, proved to be his last in 1997. Three wins in 1997 were the most wins for Kent State since 1988. Corrigall had an overall record of 8–35–1 in four seasons.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Kent State Golden Flashes (Mid-American Conference) (1994–1997)
1994	Kent State	2–9	2–7	8th
1995	Kent State	1–9–1	0–7–1	10th
1996	Kent State	2–9	1–7	10th
1997	Kent State	3–8	3–5	T–4th (East)
Kent State:		8–35–1	6–26–1
Total:		8–35–1
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

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