Ron Lancaster, football hero
Broadcast Date: Feb. 10, 1967
Quarterback, coach, administrator, commentator: for more than 40 years, Ron Lancaster was an icon of the Canadian Football League. Lancaster died on Sept. 17, 2008 at age 69 following a short battle with lung disease. In this 1967 interview, Ron Lancaster - then quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders - talks football with CBC Radio's Bruce Rogers.
Ron Lancaster, football hero
• Ron Lancaster, a native of Fairchance, Pa., began his CFL career with the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1960. Known as the Little General, the three-time all-star led the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Grey Cup in 1966.• Lancaster won 142 regular-season CFL games, fifth on the league's career list. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. He is second only to Damon Allen in all-time passing touchdowns (333) and is also second in CFL history for pass attempts, completions and yards.
• Ron Lancaster worked as a game analyst for the CFL on CBC and was CBC's basketball commentator for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
• As a coach, he led the Edmonton Eskimos to the championship in 1993 and did the same with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1999.
Ron Lancaster, football hero
Medium: Radio
Program: 1967 and All That
Broadcast Date: Feb. 10, 1967
Guest(s): Ron Lancaster
Interviewer: Bruce Rogers
Duration: 4:30
Photo: Photo of Lancaster playing in 1967 Grey Cup from Canadian Press/staff
Last updated:
Sept. 18, 2008
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Ron Lancaster, football hero.
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Last updated: Sept. 18, 2008.
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