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{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Dave Fennell
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|2|4}}
| birth_place = [[Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| number = 65
| import = no
| position1 = Defensive tackle
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 249
| college = [[University of North Dakota|North Dakota]]
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1974}}–{{CFL Year|1983}}
| playing_team1 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
| career_highlights = 
* 6× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[63rd Grey Cup|1975]], [[66th Grey Cup|1978]]–[[70th Grey Cup|1982]])
* 2× [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player|Grey Cup MVP]] (1978, 1982)
* [[Dick Suderman Trophy]] (1982)
* [[CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award|CFL Most Outstanding Canadian]] (1979)
* 2× [[Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy]] (1979, 1980)
| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1977}}, {{CFL Year|1978}}, {{CFL Year|1979}}, {{CFL Year|1980}}, {{CFL Year|1981}}
| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1977}}, {{CFL Year|1978}}, {{CFL Year|1979}}, {{CFL Year|1980}}, {{CFL Year|1981}}
| awards = 
| honours = 1984 - Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour
| CFHOF = dave-fennell
| CFHOFYear = 1990
}}
'''Dave Fennell''' (born February 4, 1953) is a Canadian former defensive lineman for the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). After graduating from the [[University of North Dakota]] in 1973, he played for Edmonton from 1974 to 1983, and helped lead the team to five straight [[Grey Cup]] championships from 1978 to 1982 as a key member of the "[[Alberta Crude]]" defence.

Fennell was named [[CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award|CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player]] in 1978, [[CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award|CFL Most Outstanding Canadian]] in 1979, and [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player|Defensive Star]] of the 1978 and 1982 Grey Cup games. He was a CFL and Western All-Star at defensive tackle from 1977 to 1981, and was runner-up for the Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1980. His nickname was "Doctor Death".<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Death's El Dorado |last=Dolphin |first=Ric |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=May 10, 1998 |page= B1}}</ref>

Fennell is a member of the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Fennell |url=https://www.cfhof.ca/members/dave-fennell/ |website=Canadian Football Hall of Fame |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> and the [[Alberta Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fennell, David – 1995|url=https://www.albertasportshallmembers.ca/honoured-members-1/fennell%2C-david-%E2%80%93-1995|access-date=2021-02-18|website=ABSportsMEMBERS|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618184147/https://www.albertasportshallmembers.ca/honoured-members-1/fennell%2C-david-%E2%80%93-1995|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2006, he was voted one of the CFL's [[TSN Top 50 CFL Players|Top 50 players]] (No.&nbsp;24) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network [[The Sports Network|TSN]].

Fennell earned a law degree from the [[University of Alberta]] in 1979.  After retiring from football, he founded [[Golden Star Resources]], which is a mining company that was focused on gold deposits in [[Guyana]] while he was working there.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Esk Fennell forced out of own company|last=Dolphin |first=Ric |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=October 31, 1998|page= B3}}</ref>  He was an executive vice-chairman and a director of Miramar Mining Corporation.

He is the father of [[John Fennell]], a member of the Canadian [[luge]] team at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], Russia.<ref name=john>[https://leaderpost.com/sports/Luger+John+Fennell+tells+world/9883498/story.html "Luger John Fennell tells the world he's gay"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052750/http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Luger%2BJohn%2BFennell%2Btells%2Bworld/9883498/story.html |date=2014-05-29 }}. ''[[Regina Leader-Post]]'', May 28, 2014.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://cfhof.ca/index.php?module=page&id=24&player=Fennell,%20David Canadian Football Hall of Fame biography]

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{{Dick Suderman Trophy}}
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[[Category:Businesspeople from Edmonton]]
[[Category:Canadian football defensive linemen]]
[[Category:Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
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[[Category:Edmonton Elks players]]
[[Category:Lawyers in Alberta]]
[[Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks football players]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Alberta]]
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[[Category:University of Alberta alumni]]
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