| Date of birth: | 1927 |
| Place of birth: | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | HB |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1948 1949-52 1953-54 1955 |
Hamilton Tigers Montreal Alouettes Saskatchewan Roughriders Toronto Argonauts |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1948 |
| Honors: | 1949 - Grey Cup Champion |
John "Jack" Harper is a former Grey Cup champion and All-Star Canadian Football League player. He was an halfback.
Harper started out with the Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and had an All-Star season in 1948, leading his union in scoring with 60 points and tying Virgil Wagner for the national title. The Montreal Alouettes signed him, and fellow All-Star quarterback Frank Filchock, away from Hamilton in 1949[1] and these two stars were at the heart of the Als first ever Grey Cup victory that season.[2] After 3 more seasons in Montreal, Harper played with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for two seasons, and finished his career with 6 games for the Toronto Argonauts in 1955.
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