Neil Habig
Career information | |
|---|---|
| CFL status: | Import |
| Position(s): | C/LB |
| College: | Purdue |
| NFL Draft: | 1958 / Round: 27 |
| Drafted by: | Green Bay Packers |
Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1958–1964 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1962 |
| CFL West All-Star: | 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, |
Neil Habig was an offensive lineman and linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1958 to 1964 and was a dominant player at his position of center.[1]
CFL
As a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Neil Habig played center and linebacker. In 7 years (1958-1964), Habig was a CFL All-Star center once (1962, the first year this honor was awarded) and a Western conference all-star 6 times (1959-1964). As a linebacker, he was particularly adept at covering the pass, as indicated by his 10 career interceptions, including 6 in a single year (1963). Despite this prowess, his team reached the Western finals only once, in 1963, and lost to the BC Lions, so that he never played in a Grey cup game. He was replaced in 1965 by Ted Urness, a CFL All-Star center himself for the next 6 years.