Ted Watkins
American gridiron football player (1941–1968)
Born: | 1941 (1941) Chicago |
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Died: | June 2, 1968(1968-06-02) (aged 26–27) Stockton, California |
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Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
College | Pacific |
Career history | |
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1963–1966 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
1967 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Ted Watkins (1941 – June 2, 1968) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1967.[1] He previously played college football at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
In the late 1960s, Watkins was active in the Black Power movement in Toronto.[2]
He was shot and killed in 1968 during an alleged liquor store holdup in Stockton, California, weeks before the beginning of the 1968 CFL season.[3]
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats 55th Grey Cup champions
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- Roger LaLonde
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- Ted Page
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- Hal Patterson
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- Bill Seman
- Bob Steiner
- Bob Storey
- Stewart Stover
- Ed Turek
- Charlie Turner
- Clem Turner
- Dave Viti
- Sharon Washington
- Ted Watkins
- Joe Zuger
- Head coach: Ralph Sazio
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