Jim Foley

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Jim Foley, an Ottawa native, was a star slotback player in the Canadian Football League.

He attended St. Dunstan's University, later to become the University of Prince Edward Island, and played footbal from 1966 to 1969. He is one of the few professional football players to come from UPEI. In his rookie year, Foley was named the team’s Most Valuable Player. In the 1968-69 season, Foley was MVP of the Bluenose Conference. He was also the rushing leader with 809 yards and the rushing average leader at 9.6 yards per carry. In his senior year, now playing for the UPEI Panthers, Foley led the league in kickoff return yards (377) and the highest kick return average. He was also named UPEI’s first Male Athlete of the Year. Over four seasons of collegiate football, Foley scored 198 points and rushed for 2376 yards.

He began his 7 year CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes, playing 2 season with them (1971 and 1972). He moved to the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1973, where he had a career year (rushing for 126 yards and catching 19 passes for 261 yards.) He was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award winner and helped the Riders to a Grey Cup victory. He would play 5 seasons in Ottawa (from 1973 to 1977) and was part of the classic 1976 64th Grey Cup game victory. In 1976 he had a career high 56 receptions for 847 yards.