Peter Ribbins, a teammate of two other Burlington products, Ian Sunter and Tony Gabriel of the 1973 Hamilton Tiger-Cats, died last Sunday at the age of 63.
Ribbins, a former Burlington Braves junior standout, played most of his Canadian Football League career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, but also saw action with the Ticats and the Edmonton Eskimos.
A wide receiver/defensive back, Ribbins tied a CFL record by intercepting four passes in one game with the Bombers in 1972. The record was subsequently broken when another Bomber, Rod Hill, picked off five passes in a 1990 game.
Ribbins died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease after an eight-year battle. He lived the past three decades in the Cayman Islands and leaves his wife, Siobhan, and three children.
via: http://www.insidehalton.com/sports/article/918703–former-cfler-ribbins-63
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