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| rdfs:comment | - George Festeryga (July 31, 1926 – January 7, 2010) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. A graduate of the Hamilton Tigers junior and senior program, the big and talented Festeryga joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1949. Playing 9 regular season games, he was an integral part of their first Grey Cup championship. He later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and finished his career in 1952 after 2 seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos.
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| Name | - Festeryga, George
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| abstract | - George Festeryga (July 31, 1926 – January 7, 2010) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. A graduate of the Hamilton Tigers junior and senior program, the big and talented Festeryga joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1949. Playing 9 regular season games, he was an integral part of their first Grey Cup championship. He later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and finished his career in 1952 after 2 seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos. He later became a breeder of Appaloosa horses and Murray Grey cattle. He died on January 7, 2010, survived by his wife Barbara and his many children and grandchildren.
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