Ron Meadmore
Appearance
Born: | Culross, Manitoba | December 26, 1933
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Died: | August 3, 2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba | (aged 79)
Career information | |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | E |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1955–1965 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Career highlights and awards | |
Ron Hector Meadmore (December 26, 1933 – August 3, 2013) was a Canadian football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962.[1] He also played for three years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Meadmore married Marion Ironquill, the first indigenous lawyer of Canada, in 1954.[2] After his football career, he was a farmer. He died in 2013.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ron Meadmore football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
- ^ "Native Lawyer Fights Stereotypes". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Canada. 14 July 1986. p. 8-B. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "MEADMORE RON - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages".