Gary Schreider

Gary Schreider
Date of birth	April 21, 1934
Place of birth	Belleville, Ontario
Date of death	January 22, 2011 (aged 76)
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	HB
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
US college	Queen's
Career history
As administrator
1965–1970	CFLPA (President)
As player
1956–1961	Ottawa Rough Riders
1962	BC Lions
1962	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1963–1964	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards
	Yates Cup champion (1955); Grey Cup champion (1960);

Gary Edward Schreider (April 21, 1934 – January 22, 2011) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1960.^[1] He played university football at Queen's University, where he was part of the Golden Gaels' 1955 Yates Cup championship.^[2]

During the 1965 off-season, Schreider became a founding member, and first president, of the Canadian Football League Players' Association. He did not return to the CFL for the 1965 season, going on to a career as a lawyer and judge.^[2]

Schreider has been inducted into the Queen's University Hall of Fame and the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.^[3]

Schreider died in 2011 of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.^[3]

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