Professional Football Player. For nine seasons (1961 to 1969) he played at the position of tackle in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Born in Winnipeg, but raised in St. Boniface, he had a love of sports at a young age. While growing up, he excelled in hockey, track and field, curling, baseball, and football, which was his favorite sport. He attended Saint Paul's High School in Winnipeg where he was a member of the Athletic Council and played on and coached an intramural basketball team. He then played four years of football with the school's Crusaders Football Team (aka Weston Wild Cats), where he was co-captain from 1957 to 1960. After graduating from high school, he attended the Manitoba Technical Institute where he received an engineering degree. At the age of 18, he began attending a Winnipeg Blue Bomber football camp where he was first noticed. He was chosen by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1961 and played with them until 1969. He was twice a Grey Cup winning champion in 1961 and again in 1962. During this time he was coached by the legendary football coach Bud Grant, and his teammates included Roger Hagberg, Ken Ploen, Dick Thornton, George Druxman, Baz Nagle, Ray Jauch, Cornel Piper, and Frank Rigney. After retiring from football in 1969, he took up engineering as a full-time profession and began working in and around his native Winnipeg as a draftsman. He also taught at the Red River Community College for over 25 years. In 2011, he suffered a stroke that affected his physical mobility. He passed away following a brief illness at the age of 77. For his contributions to the sport of football, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum as a Member of the 1961 Winnipeg Football Club in 1994, and as a Member into the Manitoba Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
Professional Football Player. For nine seasons (1961 to 1969) he played at the position of tackle in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Born in Winnipeg, but raised in St. Boniface, he had a love of sports at a young age. While growing up, he excelled in hockey, track and field, curling, baseball, and football, which was his favorite sport. He attended Saint Paul's High School in Winnipeg where he was a member of the Athletic Council and played on and coached an intramural basketball team. He then played four years of football with the school's Crusaders Football Team (aka Weston Wild Cats), where he was co-captain from 1957 to 1960. After graduating from high school, he attended the Manitoba Technical Institute where he received an engineering degree. At the age of 18, he began attending a Winnipeg Blue Bomber football camp where he was first noticed. He was chosen by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1961 and played with them until 1969. He was twice a Grey Cup winning champion in 1961 and again in 1962. During this time he was coached by the legendary football coach Bud Grant, and his teammates included Roger Hagberg, Ken Ploen, Dick Thornton, George Druxman, Baz Nagle, Ray Jauch, Cornel Piper, and Frank Rigney. After retiring from football in 1969, he took up engineering as a full-time profession and began working in and around his native Winnipeg as a draftsman. He also taught at the Red River Community College for over 25 years. In 2011, he suffered a stroke that affected his physical mobility. He passed away following a brief illness at the age of 77. For his contributions to the sport of football, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum as a Member of the 1961 Winnipeg Football Club in 1994, and as a Member into the Manitoba Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
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