Ken Reed
Born:(1941-11-24)November 24, 1941
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S.
Died:September 5, 2014(2014-09-05) (aged 72)
Alaska Highway, British Columbia, Canada
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusNational
Position(s)DE/LB
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
CollegeTulsa
NFL draft1963 / Round: 17 / Pick: 232
Drafted bySan Francisco 49ers
Career history
As player
19631964Edmonton Eskimos
19651970Saskatchewan 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][4]

References

  1. "Kenneth REED Obituary (2014) - Regina, SK - Leader-Post".
  2. "FORMER ROUGHRIDERS LINEBACKER KEN REED DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT". TSN. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. "Former Rider Reed dead at 72". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07.
  4. "Ken Reed NFL Stats and Bio". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023.


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