Russ Jackson
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Russell Stanley "Russ" Jackson, OC
(born July 28, 1936 in Hamilton, Ontario
) is a former professional Canadian football
quarterback
. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders
of the Canadian Football League
. He is a member of the Order of Canada
, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
, and has been described as the best Canadian-born quarterback to play in the CFL. In 2006, Jackson was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players
(#8) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN
, the highest-ranked Canadian-born player on the list.
and football player, Jackson graduated from McMaster University
in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mathematics
. He was the McMaster nominee for a Rhodes Scholarship
, but did not pursue an interview for the scholarship, deciding instead to sign with the Ottawa Rough Riders
of the Canadian Football League
, who drafted him in the first round of the 1958 CFL draft
.
, Jackson ended up quarterback
ing the Rough Riders to three Grey Cup
victories (48th
, 56th
, and 57th Grey Cup
s) of 1960, 1968, and 1969, respectively, ending his career on the high note of two straight cups.
Thanks to such offensive linemen as Moe Racine
and such wide receivers as Whit Tucker
and Margene Adkins
, Jackson was the dominant CFL quarterback of the 1960s. Jackson would often tip the snap count, because the ball was snapped almost as soon as he put his hands under center, and still the defence could not catch up to him. Jackson was honoured many times during his CFL career. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
in the 1963
, 1966
, and 1969 seasons
. He was also a four-time winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award
(1959
, 1963, 1966, 1969 seasons). He was a six-time Eastern Conference
All-Star quarterback (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) and the CFL All-Star quarterback in the 1966, 1968, and 1969 seasons.
Russ Jackson was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
in 1973. Many consider him one of the best Canadian-born players to play in the CFL, while most consider him to be the best Canadian to play the quarterback
position. In November, 2006, Jackson was voted one of the CFL's top 50 players (#8) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN
.
Jackson ended his career with 24,592 passing yards, with 1,356 completions on 2,530 attempts (53.6%), 125 interceptions, 185 touchdowns, and an efficiency rating of 90.83. He was also a mobile quarterback, gaining 5,045 yards on the ground on 738 rushes, with 54 touchdowns. Among the few Canadian-born quarterbacks to play in the CFL, Jackson is the only one to pass for over 20,000 yards. In fact, he is the only one to exceed 10,000 career yards. Other Canadians, such as Don Getty
, Frank Cosentino
, and Gerry Dattilio
, are well behind Jackson in statistics. At the time of his retirement following the 1969 Grey Cup, he was third all-time among all quarterbacks in the CFL, behind only Sam Etcheverry
and one-time teammate Ron Lancaster
.
in Ottawa, Ontario from 1961-1966.
He was the principal of Canterbury High School in Ottawa from 1970 to 1972.
He later became a vice-principal and principal at secondary schools in Ottawa and Mississauga
. He also became principal at Brampton Centennial Secondary School and John Fraser secondary school.
Jackson has also done sports commentary for the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats
with radio station
CHML-AM
in Hamilton.
Jackson is an Officer of the Order of Canada
and was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in law by McMaster University
in 1989.
In 1986, the Russ Jackson Award
was created in his honour to recognize the CIS football
player who best exhibits athletic ability, academic achievement, and devoted citizenship.
CFL Hall of Fame member
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(born July 28, 1936 in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
) is a former professional Canadian football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...
of the Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
. He is a member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." It is located at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta...
, and has been described as the best Canadian-born quarterback to play in the CFL. In 2006, Jackson was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players
TSN Top 50 CFL Players
The TSN Top 50 CFL Players was a list of the greatest fifty Canadian Football League players, as selected by a panel of sixty former CFL players, then-current and former coaches, executives, and media members in 2006. The panel was assembled by sports television network TSN in partnership with the...
(#8) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
, the highest-ranked Canadian-born player on the list.
Early life and college career
After a stellar college career as both a basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and football player, Jackson graduated from McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
. He was the McMaster nominee for a Rhodes Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for study at the University of Oxford. It was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships, and is widely considered the "world's most prestigious scholarship" by many public sources such as...
, but did not pursue an interview for the scholarship, deciding instead to sign with the Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...
of the Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
, who drafted him in the first round of the 1958 CFL draft
Canadian College Draft
The Canadian College Draft is an annual sports draft in which the teams of the Canadian Football League select eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from the ranks of CIS football or NCAA college football...
.
Rough Rider career
Originally signed as a defensive backDefensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
, Jackson ended up quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
ing the Rough Riders to three Grey Cup
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
victories (48th
48th Grey Cup
The 48th Grey Cup was the Canadian Football League's championship game of the 1960 season on November 26, 1960.The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 16 to 6 at Vancouver's Empire Stadium before a crowd of 38,102 fans-Box Score:...
, 56th
56th Grey Cup
56th Grey Cup was played November 30, 1968, and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Calgary Stampeders 24 to 21 before 32,655 fans at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium...
, and 57th Grey Cup
57th Grey Cup
57th Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League's championship game, was played November 30, 1969 and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29 to 11 before 33,172 fans at Montreal's Autostade.-Box Score:First Quarter...
s) of 1960, 1968, and 1969, respectively, ending his career on the high note of two straight cups.
Thanks to such offensive linemen as Moe Racine
Moe Racine
Moe "The Toe" Racine is a former placekicker and offensive lineman for the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1958-1974 of the Canadian Football League. He was a part of four Grey Cup winning teams with the Rough Riders.-High school:Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, Moe Racine attended St. Lawrence High...
and such wide receivers as Whit Tucker
Whit Tucker
-High school and college:Tucker was an all star high school athlete in Windsor, Ontario. He received a track scholarship to the University of Southern California upon graduation, but ultimately decided to attend the University of Western Ontario, where he was a three sport standout.-Ottawa Rough...
and Margene Adkins
Margene Adkins
Margene Adkins is a former American college football, National Football League, and Canadian Football League player.-College:Margene Adkins played college football at Henderson County Junior College in Athens, Texas.-Rough Rider:...
, Jackson was the dominant CFL quarterback of the 1960s. Jackson would often tip the snap count, because the ball was snapped almost as soon as he put his hands under center, and still the defence could not catch up to him. Jackson was honoured many times during his CFL career. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually awarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The Most Outstanding Player award can be compared to the National Football League's Most Valuable Player, otherwise known as the "MVP" award...
in the 1963
1963 CFL season
The 1963 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 10th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 6th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1963:...
, 1966
1966 CFL season
The 1966 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 13th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 9th Canadian Football League season .-CFL news in 1966:...
, and 1969 seasons
1969 CFL season
The 1969 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 16th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 12th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1969:...
. He was also a four-time winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award
The Most Outstanding Canadian Award is annually rewarded to the best Canadian player in the Canadian Football League. This is the second-last award to be given during the CFL Awards banquet, which takes place the week before Grey Cup weekend in the same city where it is hosted. The two nominees...
(1959
1959 CFL season
The 1959 CFL season was the sixth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it was the second season of the Canadian Football League.-Final regular season standings:...
, 1963, 1966, 1969 seasons). He was a six-time Eastern Conference
Canadian Football League East Division
The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the East Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagues.- Pre-1907 :...
All-Star quarterback (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) and the CFL All-Star quarterback in the 1966, 1968, and 1969 seasons.
Russ Jackson was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
in 1973. Many consider him one of the best Canadian-born players to play in the CFL, while most consider him to be the best Canadian to play the quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
position. In November, 2006, Jackson was voted one of the CFL's top 50 players (#8) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
.
Jackson ended his career with 24,592 passing yards, with 1,356 completions on 2,530 attempts (53.6%), 125 interceptions, 185 touchdowns, and an efficiency rating of 90.83. He was also a mobile quarterback, gaining 5,045 yards on the ground on 738 rushes, with 54 touchdowns. Among the few Canadian-born quarterbacks to play in the CFL, Jackson is the only one to pass for over 20,000 yards. In fact, he is the only one to exceed 10,000 career yards. Other Canadians, such as Don Getty
Don Getty
Donald Ross Getty, OC, AOE is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 11th Premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister in the government of Peter Lougheed before...
, Frank Cosentino
Frank Cosentino
Frank Cosentino was a quarterback in the Canadian Football League.Cosentino was a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, where he captained the football team to the first Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship in 1959. As a professional he played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton...
, and Gerry Dattilio
Gerry Dattilio
Gerry Dattilio is a former professional Canadian football quarterback in the Canadian Football League.- Early years :Dattilio played his high school football with the Chomedey Chiefs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he won a City Championship by beating St. Thomas High School of...
, are well behind Jackson in statistics. At the time of his retirement following the 1969 Grey Cup, he was third all-time among all quarterbacks in the CFL, behind only Sam Etcheverry
Sam Etcheverry
Sam "The Rifle" Etcheverry was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach. Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, and was named Canadian football's Most Outstanding Player in 1954...
and one-time teammate Ron Lancaster
Ron Lancaster
Ronald "Ron" Lancaster was one of the pre-eminent quarterbacks of the Canadian Football League during his playing career; after his retirement as a player, he was also coach and general manager in the same league, and a sports announcer for CBC Television...
.
Career Statistics
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Pct | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| 1958 1958 CFL season The 1958 CFL season was the fifth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it would become known as the inaugural season of the Canadian Football League .-CFL news in 1958:... |
OTT 1958 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1958 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 3rd place in the IRFU with an 6–8 record but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Finals. This was also the Rough Riders' first season in the Canadian Football League as the league was formed in this year.... |
112 | 61 | 54.5 | 858 | 3 | 6 | 66.0 | 66 | 357 | 5.4 | 51 | 5 | ||||
| 1959 1959 CFL season The 1959 CFL season was the sixth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it was the second season of the Canadian Football League.-Final regular season standings:... |
OTT 1959 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1959 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the East division with an 8–6 record but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Finals.-Preseason:-Standings:-Schedule:-Playoffs:-References:... |
89 | 45 | 50.6 | 1,006 | 7 | 7 | 84.8 | 69 | 385 | 5.6 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| 1960 1960 CFL season The 1960 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 7th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 3rd Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1960:... |
OTT 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 9–5 record and won the Grey Cup.-Preseason:-Standings:-Schedule:-Playoffs:-Grey Cup:-Passing:-Awards and honours:... |
52 | 20 | 38.5 | 222 | 2 | 3 | 40.7 | 52 | 381 | 7.3 | 25 | 6 | ||||
| 1961 1961 CFL season The 1961 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 8th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 4th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1961:... |
OTT | 117 | 59 | 50.4 | 1,048 | 8 | 7 | 79.3 | 67 | 472 | 7.0 | 24 | 6 | ||||
| 1962 1962 CFL season The 1962 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 9th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 5th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1962:The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was established in Hamilton.... |
OTT | 157 | 78 | 49.7 | 1,426 | 10 | 13 | 68.1 | 71 | 512 | 7.2 | 26 | 8 | ||||
| 1963 1963 CFL season The 1963 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 10th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 6th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1963:... |
OTT | 259 | 152 | 58.7 | 2,910 | 19 | 8 | 109.4 | 64 | 384 | 6.0 | 42 | 5 | ||||
| 1964 1964 CFL season The 1964 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 11th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 7th Canadian Football League season.-Final regular season standings:... |
OTT | 230 | 116 | 50.4 | 2,156 | 18 | 16 | 80.3 | 81 | 588 | 7.3 | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 1965 1965 CFL season The 1965 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 12th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 8th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1965:... |
OTT | 252 | 130 | 51.6 | 2,303 | 18 | 13 | 85.5 | 24 | 129 | 5.4 | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 1966 1966 CFL season The 1966 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 13th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 9th Canadian Football League season .-CFL news in 1966:... |
OTT | 276 | 142 | 51.4 | 2,400 | 17 | 15 | 79.1 | 65 | 396 | 6.1 | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 1967 1967 CFL season The 1967 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 14th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 10th Canadian Football League season.-CFL news in 1967:... |
OTT | 323 | 189 | 58.5 | 3,332 | 25 | 9 | 108.0 | 61 | 329 | 5.4 | 23 | 4 | ||||
| 1968 1968 CFL season The 1968 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 15th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 11th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1968:J.G... |
OTT 1968 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1968 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the East division with a 9–3–2 record and won the Grey Cup.-Preseason:-Standings:-Schedule:-Playoffs:-Grey Cup:-Passing:-Awards and honours:... |
305 | 171 | 56.1 | 3,187 | 25 | 16 | 97.8 | 54 | 534 | 9.9 | 73 | 6 | ||||
| 1969 1969 CFL season The 1969 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 16th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 12th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1969:... |
OTT 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the East division with a 11–3 record and won the Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup Champions. Russ Jackson retired from the Canadian Football League after this game, having won three Grey Cup championships... |
358 | 193 | 53.9 | 3,641 | 33 | 12 | 106.1 | 64 | 578 | 9.0 | 49 | 3 | ||||
| CFL Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football.... totals |
2,530 | 1,356 | 53.6 | 24,592 | 185 | 125 | 91.0 | 738 | 5,045 | 6.8 | 73 | 54 | |||||
Post-football playing career
After retiring from football, Jackson returned to teaching, having been a mathematics teacher from 1959-1961 and head of the Department of Mathematics at Rideau High SchoolRideau High School
Rideau High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . It is located at 815 St. Laurent Boulevard in the east end of the city on the edge of Vanier. It is located next to the Queen Elizabeth elementary school. The school opened in 1958...
in Ottawa, Ontario from 1961-1966.
He was the principal of Canterbury High School in Ottawa from 1970 to 1972.
He later became a vice-principal and principal at secondary schools in Ottawa and Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
. He also became principal at Brampton Centennial Secondary School and John Fraser secondary school.
Jackson has also done sports commentary for the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
with radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
CHML-AM
CHML (AM)
CHML is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 900 AM in Hamilton, Ontario. The station airs a news/talk format branded as AM 900. CHML is owned by Corus Entertainment.- History :...
in Hamilton.
Jackson is an Officer of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
and was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in law by McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
in 1989.
In 1986, the Russ Jackson Award
Russ Jackson Award
The Russ Jackson Award is presented to the CIS football player best exemplifying the attributes of academic achievement, football skill, and citizenship and is named in honour of Canadian Football League Hall of Famer and former Ottawa Rough Riders and McMaster University quarterback, Russ...
was created in his honour to recognize the CIS football
CIS football
Twenty-six universities across Canada compete in football under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . The teams are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of the CIS: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Quebec...
player who best exhibits athletic ability, academic achievement, and devoted citizenship.
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