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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox CFL player
  |name=Earl Winfield
  |image=EarlWinfield.jpg
  |caption=Photographed at Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, by Mike F. Campbell
  |status=Retired
  |import=yes
  |position1=[[Wide receiver]]
  |number=1
  |College=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]]
  |birth_date={{birth date and age|1961|8|6}}
  |birth_place=[[Petersburg, Virginia]], U.S.
  |Height_ft=
  |Height_in=
  |Weight_lbs=
  |playing_years1={{CFL Year|1987}}–{{CFL Year|1997}}
  |playing_team1=[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
  |career_highlights=
* First-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[1985 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|1985]])
  |CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|1988}}, {{CFL Year|1995}}
  |CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|1988}}, {{CFL Year|1994}}
  |CFHOF = earl-winfield
  |CFHOFYear=2013
}}
'''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.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231728/http://ticatfans.com/earl-winfield/ Earl Winfield: Stats & Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231653/http://ticatfans.com/2011/11/does-earl-winfield-belong-in-the-canadian-football-hall-of-fame/ Does Earl Winfield belong in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame?]

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Virginia]]
[[Category:Canadian football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats players]]
[[Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Petersburg, Virginia]]
[[Category:Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]


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