Allen Ray Brenner was an American professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League and Canadian Football League.
10 Facts About Al Brenner
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Al Brenner played college football for the Michigan State Spartans.
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Al Brenner played defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ottawa Rough Riders from 1971 to 1977.
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Al Brenner was a CFL All-Star in 1972, the same year he set a record of most interceptions in a season at 15, and won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats.
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Al Brenner was part of the Ottawa Rough Riders when they won the Grey Cup in 1976.
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Al Brenner started his career with the New York Giants of the NFL, for whom he played two seasons.
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Al Brenner played college football at Michigan State University where he was an All-American in 1968.
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Al Brenner is featured in a Fifth Estate program on December 3,2010 which discusses his disappearance and subsequent resurfacing eight years after abandoning his family.
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Al Brenner is interviewed living in an unnamed small town in North Carolina and says he cannot explain why he left.
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Al Brenner died on February 13,2012, at age 64, in Clinton, North Carolina, after a long illness.