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]

References

  1. ^ "Stats". www.justsportsstats.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Photo" (PDF). www.gettyimages.ca. July 17, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. ^ [1][dead link‍]
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Watkins
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