Greg Kabat

Greg Kabat

Date of birth	(1911-05-21)May 21, 1911
Place of birth	Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of death	January 12, 1994(1994-01-12) (aged 82)
Place of death	Malheur County, Oregon, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	RB/G/Flying wing
US college	University of Wisconsin
Career history
As player
1933–1940	Winnipeg 'Pegs/Blue Bombers
1941	Vancouver Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
2× Grey Cup champion (1935, 1939) 2× Third-team All-American (1931, 1932) 3× First-team All-Big Ten (1930, 1931, 1932)
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1966

Gregory Stanley Kabat (May 21, 1911 – January 12, 1994) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He played Canadian football professionally as a running back for eight seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (NFL). He helped the Blue Bombers to two Grey Cup championships in 1935 and 1939. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin, where he was named to the 1932 College Football All-America Team as a guard. Kabat later coached football at Vancouver College, the University of British Columbia, and Cantwell High School in Montebello, California. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

Coaching career

In 1948, Kabat was hired at the head football and head track coach at Cantwell High School in Montebello, California. He resigned as football and track coach in 1966, but remained a member of the teaching faculty at the school.

External links

• University of Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame profile
• Greg Kabat at Find a Grave