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  • Dick Gregory (Canadian football)
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  • Dick Gregory is a former award winning, all-star and champion Canadian football player. A graduate of University of Minnesota and drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1952, Gregory came to Canada to play professionally. He started with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1952, but it was the next year when he had a career season. Playing with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers he scored 98 points in 10 games (best in both the ORFU or CFL), helped win the league championship, was an all-star, and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as league MVP. After a try out with the Green Bay Packers, he returned to the ORFU in 1957, playing a season with the Sarnia Imperials.
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  • 1952
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Birth Date
  • 1929-04-15
Name
  • Dick Gregory
  • Gregory, Dick
draftround
  • 22
Date of Death
  • 2013-02-24
College
Highlights
  • * ORFU All-Star - 1953 * ORFU Imperial Oil Trophy - 1953
debutyear
  • 1952
Position
draftpick
  • 260
Teams
  • * Saskatchewan Roughriders * Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers * Sarnia Imperials
Date of Birth
  • 1929-04-15
Short Description
  • Canadian football player
finalyear
  • 1957
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  • Dick Gregory is a former award winning, all-star and champion Canadian football player. A graduate of University of Minnesota and drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1952, Gregory came to Canada to play professionally. He started with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1952, but it was the next year when he had a career season. Playing with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers he scored 98 points in 10 games (best in both the ORFU or CFL), helped win the league championship, was an all-star, and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as league MVP. After a try out with the Green Bay Packers, he returned to the ORFU in 1957, playing a season with the Sarnia Imperials.