Ted Watkins
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.
| Born: | 1941 Chicago |
|---|---|
| Died: | June 2, 1968 (aged 27) Stockton, California |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | WR |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| College | Pacific |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1963–1966 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1967 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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][4]
References
- http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=watkited001
- http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/pro-football-player-ted-watkins-helps-other-members-of-afro-news-photo/502321467
- http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/The-Untold-Story-of-the-Black-Radical-Tradition-in-Canada-20161202-0006.html
- http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2520Disk3/Watertown%2520Times/Watertown%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Times%25201968%2520June%2520Grayscale.pdf/Watertown%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Times%25201968%2520June%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200035.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwj3htebx7nRAhWs54MKHT-JAdwQFggmMAU&usg=AFQjCNFHBB1GIhsDbL8ttci4ZWTNbNqm5Q&sig2=YQEPbSgevVcVM405sp6a-Q
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