Ex-Eskimos running back Sean Millington enters Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Millington, drafted first overall by Edmonton in 1990, was formally inducted Thursday night alongside four other players and a builder.
Sean Millington, nicknamed 'Diesel' for his rugged running style, was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on Thursday night. The class will be honoured Friday during the Hamilton Tiger-Cats-Montreal Alouettes game at Hamilton Stadium.
Millington was selected first overall by Edmonton in 1990 and played 13 CFL seasons with the Eskimos, B.C. Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts. He rushed for 6,086 yards, totalled 9,322 yards from scrimmage and scored 87 touchdowns, winning two Grey Cups with B.C. in 1994 and 2000 and twice being named the league's top Canadian. He holds both the B.C. and Edmonton single-game rushing records, at 212 and 225 yards respectively.
He was enshrined alongside former players Brandon Banks, Charleston Hughes, Jim Evenson and Calvin Tiggle, and builder Frank (Pop) Ivy, who coached Edmonton to three straight Grey Cups from 1954-56. Evenson and Ivy were inducted posthumously.
Now 58, Millington said the honour felt surreal, recalling that he once viewed himself as a journeyman player and gave himself only 50-50 odds of ever making the Hall of Fame. He also described a pivotal 1993 training camp with B.C., when he was on the verge of being cut before going on to earn CFL all-star honours that season.
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