Ken Reed (Canadian football)

Ken Reed
Date of birth: November 24, 1941
Place of birth: Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Date of death: September 5, 2014 (aged 72)
Place of death: Alaska Highway, British Columbia
Career information
Status: Retired
CFL status: National
Position(s): DE/LB
Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)
College: Tulsa
Organizations
As player:
1963–1964
1965–1970		 Edmonton Eskimos
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1966)

Kenneth Woodrow Reed (November 24, 1941 – September 5, 2014) was a Canadian football player who played as a linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Saskatchewan Roughriders; he won the Grey Cup in 1966. Born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri,[1] he was an alumnus of the University of Tulsa.[2] Reed, 72 and his wife died in a car accident in 2014 on the Alaska Highway near Fort St. John, British Columbia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?pid=172393210
  2. ↑ "FORMER ROUGHRIDERS LINEBACKER KEN REED DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT". TSN. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Former+Rider+Reed+dead/10180003/story.html