Canadian Football League
- Mel Becket, 27, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Tight End, plane crash (1956)†
- Norm Casola, 29, Toronto Argonauts, Running Back/Receiver, cancer (1998)
- Travis Claridge, 27, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Offensive Guard, acute pneumonia (2006)
- Mario DeMarco, 32, Saskatchewan Roughriders, offensive guard, plane crash (1956)†
- Cal Jones, 23, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, offensive guard, plane crash (1956)†
- Tom Pate, 23, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, linebacker, brain aneurysm (in-game) (1975)
- Derrell Robertson, 27, Las Vegas Posse, linebacker, car crash (1994)
- Gordon Sturtridge, 27, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Defensive End, plane crash (1956)†
- Ray Syrnyk, 22, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Offensive Tackle, plane crash (1956)†
† These five players were lost in the same plane crash.
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Famous quotes containing the words canadian, football and/or league:
“We’re definite in Nova Scotia—’bout things like ships ... and fish, the best in the world.”
—John Rhodes Sturdy, Canadian screenwriter. Richard Rossen. Joyce Cartwright (Ella Raines)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best—it’s all they’ll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money—provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don’t need it.”
—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)