Ken Reed (Canadian football)

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Ken Reed
Date of birth(1941-11-24)November 24, 1941
Place of birthPoplar Bluff, Missouri
Date of deathSeptember 5, 2014(2014-09-05) (aged 72)
Place of deathAlaska Highway, British Columbia
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusNational
Position(s)DE/LB
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
US collegeTulsa
Career history
As player
19631964Edmonton Eskimos
19651970Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1966)

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

  1. ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?pid=172393210
  2. ^ "FORMER ROUGHRIDERS LINEBACKER KEN REED DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT". TSN. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Former+Rider+Reed+dead/10180003/story.html