Ken Reed (Canadian football)
| Born: | November 24, 1941 Poplar Bluff, Missouri |
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| Died: | September 5, 2014 (aged 72) Alaska Highway, British Columbia |
| Career information | |
| Status | Retired |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | DE/LB |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| College | Tulsa |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1963–1964 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1965–1970 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kenneth Woodrow Reed (November 24, 1941 – September 5, 2014) was a Canadian football player who played as a linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Saskatchewan Roughriders; he won the Grey Cup in 1966. Born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri,[1] he was an alumnus of the University of Tulsa.[2] Reed, 72 and his wife died in a car accident in 2014 on the Alaska Highway near Fort St. John, British Columbia.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Kenneth REED Obituary (2014) - Regina, SK - Leader-Post".
- ^ "FORMER ROUGHRIDERS LINEBACKER KEN REED DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT". TSN. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "Former Rider Reed dead at 72". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07.
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