Eric Carter (Canadian football)

Eric Carter
Date of birth (1969-01-23) January 23, 1969 (age 55)
Place of birthJesup, Georgia
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusInternational
Position(s)DB
US collegeKnoxville
Career history
As player
19941998Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
19992003BC Lions (CFL)
2004Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star1995, 1998, 2001, 2002
CFL East All-Star1998
CFL West All-Star1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Eric Carter (born January 23, 1969, in Jesup, Georgia) was a football player in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons. Carter played as a cornerback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1994 to 1998, the BC Lions from 1999 to 2003 and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2004.[1] He was a CFL All-Star four times[2] and won a Grey Cup for the Lions in 2000. He played college football at Knoxville College.

Carter was selected to the Lions' 2004 50th Anniversary Dream Team.

  1. ^ Bender, Jim (May 7, 2005). "Bombers cut Carter in favour of youth". Winnipeg Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Bender, Jim (April 15, 2005). "Carter just keeps prayin' and movin' on". Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)