Tracy Ham was born on January 5,1964 and is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League.
26 Facts About Tracy Ham
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Tracy Ham played for the Edmonton Eskimos, the Toronto Argonauts, the Baltimore Stallions, and the Montreal Alouettes.
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Tracy Ham was known for his abilities as a dual-threat quarterback.
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Tracy Ham played college football for the Georgia Southern Eagles, where he became the first quarterback to rush for 3,000 yards and pass for 5,000 yards in a career.
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Tracy Ham is currently the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Georgia Southern University.
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The Eagles defeated Furman in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, with Tracy Ham throwing for 419 yards and four touchdowns along with running in a two-point conversion.
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In 2007, Tracy Ham was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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On May 22,1987, Tracy Ham signed a three-year deal with the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL due to a belief that NFL teams wanted him to play a position other than quarterback.
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In 1987, Tracy Ham served as the third-string quarterback behind Matt Dunigan and Damon Allen.
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Tracy Ham was a member of their Grey Cup winning team that season.
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Tracy Ham passed for 2,840 yards and ran for another 628.
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Tracy Ham became the first CFL quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards with 1,005 on 125 carries and 10 touchdowns.
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In 1990, Tracy Ham added another 1,000 yard rushing season with 1,096 and passed for 4,286 yards.
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In 1991, Tracy Ham ran for 998 yards and passed for 3,862 yards and 31 touchdowns.
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In 1992, Tracy Ham endured an injury plagued season, but played well enough to pass for 3,655 yards and 30 touchdowns and run for 655 yards.
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In Edmonton, Tracy Ham accumulated 19,240 pass yards and 142 pass touchdowns, both second in the team's history to Moon.
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In 1994, with the CFL expanding into the United States, Tracy Ham joined the newly-established Baltimore team in 1994.
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Tracy Ham gained his last plus 4,000 yard passing season with 4,348 and ran for 613 yards.
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Tracy Ham led the team, not yet named the Stallions, to the Grey Cup.
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Tracy Ham responded by engineering a 9 play 92 yard touchdown drive.
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On 2nd and 9 from Calgary's 13 yard line, Tracy Ham looked like he was going to be sacked, but was able to escape and run for a touchdown.
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Tracy Ham led the Alouettes in passing, and guided Montreal to second in the East Division .
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Tracy Ham threw 4,943 times with 2,670 completions, 164 interceptions and 284 touchdowns.
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Tracy Ham's 8,043 rushing yards presently puts him in tenth all time and second among quarterbacks, behind only Damon Allen.
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In 2010, Tracy Ham was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
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In 2002, Tracy Ham was hired to serve as head coach of the Clark Atlanta Panthers football team.