Leo Blanchard is a former professional Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 offensive lineman who played between 1979 and 1991 in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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, mainly for the Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

, but also for the Calgary Stampeders.
Blanchard grew up in Edmonton, and did not play football in high school.
Blanchard played Canadian university football

CIS football

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 for the Alberta Golden Bears

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 between 1977-78. He played for the Eskimos from 1979-87. He was named CFL All-Star every year from 1982 to 1986 and was a part of five Grey Cup

Grey Cup

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championship teams with the Eskimos. He later worked as offensive line coach for the junior Victoria Rebels.