Pierre Vercheval

PLAYING CAREER

EDMONTON ESKIMOS 1988 - 1992
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1993 - 1997
MONTREAL ALOUETTES 1998 - 2001

AWARDS AND HONOURS

ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE GUARD 1992
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE GUARD 1992, 1994, 1997 - 2000
ALL-EASTERN OFFENSIVE GUARD 1994, 1997 - 2000
NORTH DIVISION ALL-STAR 1995
LEO DANDURAND TROPHY 2000
CFL MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 2000
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1996, 1997

Pierre Vercheval attended the University of Western Ontario where he won the JP Meteras trophy as the top lineman in Canadian university football and participated in the 1988 East-West Shrine game. 

He was chosen in the second round of the 1987 CFL draft by the Edmonton Eskimos.

Vercheval joined the Eskimos midway through the 1988 season, where he remained for five seasons, playing on Edmonton’s 1990 Grey Cup team. In 1993, he signed with the Toronto Argonauts where he played for five seasons and was a member of Toronto’s 1996 and 1997 Grey Cup championship teams.

In 1998, Vercheval signed with the Montreal Alouettes. During his tenure in Montreal, he was named an All-Eastern three times and All-Canadian three times. He was named the CFL Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman for the 2000 season and played on Montreal’s 2000 Grey Cup team.

Vercheval retired from the CFL following the 2001 season, he has worked as a television analyst for CFL games on RDS and remained involved with the Alouettes alumni association. 

INDUCTED 2007 - PLAYER

 

Class of 2007 Greg Battle, Darren Flutie, Dave "Tuffy" Knight, Rocco Romano