Earl Winfield

Earl Winfield
No. 1
Photographed at Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, by Mike F. Campbell
Born: (1961-08-06) August 6, 1961 (age 63)
Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)Wide receiver
CollegeNorth Carolina
Career history
As player
19871997Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star1988, 1995
CFL East All-Star1988, 1994
Career stats

Earl Winfield (born August 6, 1961) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats who, in an 11-year career from 1987 to 1997, caught 573 passes for 10,119 yards and 75 touchdowns.

Winfield played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1982 to 1985. He left as the all-time Tar Heel career leader in receptions, with 107.

On February 21, 2013 the Canadian Football Hall of Fame announced that Winfield would be inducted as a player at a ceremony in Edmonton in September, 2013.