Blue Bombers sign veteran defensive back Anthony Gaitor to deal

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B.C. Lions' Anthony Gaitor, left, reaches for a pass intended for Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Tori Gurley that fell incomplete during a game in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday October 14, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed veteran defensive back Anthony Gaitor on Thursday.

The five-foot-10, 185-pound Gaitor spent two seasons with the B.C. Lions. He appeared in 23 games, registering 73 tackles, three interceptions, two defensive touchdowns and two forced fumbles.

Gaitor was a seventh-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2011 and also spent time in the NFL with Miami, Arizona and New Orleans in the NFL.

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