Herb Gray

Herbert William Gray (June 12, 1934 – January 21, 2011) was a Canadian Football Hall of Fame football player who in the 1950s and 1960s won four Grey Cups and played for two others; and was named the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Defensive Player of the Half Century and to the Canadian Football League's (CFL) All-Time All-Star team at defensive end. He made all-star teams as both an offensive lineman and defensive end and was the first defensive player to win the league's Outstanding Lineman award. Prior to that he was an All-American football player at the University of Texas and helped them to win a share of the 1953 Southwest Conference (SWC) Championship.

College After having played high school football in Houston, Gray became a three-year letterman at Texas. He played on the 1953 SWC co-championship team that finished ranked No. 8 in the nation and was 2nd Team All-Conference as a tackle. In his senior year he was a team captain, and named first team all-conference by the AP and a Football Writers Association of America All-American.

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