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In Memory of Blue Bomber Alumnus Sherwyn Thorson

Sherwyn Thorson, retired Winnipeg Blue Bomber, who earned All-America honors in both football and wrestling during his University of Iowa career, passed away Wednesday following a lengthy battle with cancer. …

CFL Alumnus Douglas Narrell Passes

Douglas “Don” Narrell, 87, Colorado City, passed away at the Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock on Sunday, April 3, 2016. He was born in Mitchell County on December 27, 1928 …

CFL Alumnus Paul Frise Passes

FRISE, Paul Geofrey – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Paul, on April 1, 2016 at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), in his 85th year. Paul …

Eskimos Mourn the Passing of Garry Lefebvre

The Edmonton Eskimo Football Club is saddened by the passing of former player Garry Lefebvre. Lefebvre played with the Edmonton Wildcats Junior Football Club for three seasons before joining his …

Former Als star Mike Widger, 67, lived as hard off the field as he played on it

He wasn’t overly big for a linebacker, at 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, but Mike Widger compensated with speed, agility and, most of all, intelligence. And like many professional football players …

Don Getty, former Edmonton Eskimo, dead at 82

Don Getty, who won two Grey Cups as a professional football player and two elections as Alberta premier, a statesman who fought for the Meech Lake Accord and led the province …

Goodbye, Mr. Kelly: Ticats legend dies

He didn’t say much, but he made all the difference to the greatest era in Hamilton football. Ellison Kelly, who died Thursday at the age of 80, was the linchpin …

City mourns loss of Matt Pearce

When he was on the run with a football, leading the pack up the rugby field or taking his team on his shoulders on the basketball court, trying to stop …

Former Rough Riders owner Horn Chen dies

Horn Chen, who owned the Ottawa Rough Riders for two seasons – 1995-96 – died on Monday in Illinois. He was 83. While owning the Rough Riders, Chen was invisible …

Former Bomber Mack Herron dies in Chicago at 67

Mack Herron, the former Winnipeg Blue Bomber running back who went on to set a single-season National Football League record for all-purpose records but whose playing career and later life …

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