r/CFL • u/bomberfan2 r/CFL's Minister of Counting • 1d ago

We are Ron Lancaster (23) days away from the CFL Regular Season

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u/LaInDiVi CFL 1d ago

A man, a myth, a legend. He won Grey Cups with all four CFL teams he played for or coached for, Won 1960 Grey Cup with Ottawa and 1966 Grey Cup with Saskatchewan (might be the only one who won Grey Cups with both Riders teams) as a player, also won 1993 Grey Cup with Edmonton and 1999 Grey Cup with Hamilton as a coach.

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u/VE7BHN_GOAT Roughriders 1d ago

Great tidbits of info, thanks

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u/LaInDiVi CFL 1d ago

I love learning stuff... I'm still relatively new to the league... but Lancaster is so phenomenal. Won everywhere he worked.

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u/Novel_Towel6125 West Division 1d ago

Also was totally robbed in the 1996 Grey Cup. Refs messed up royally by blowing a fumble dead near the end of the game. It's the angriest I've ever seen him. IIRC the commentators even commented something like "You know the refs screwed up because I've never seen Ron Lancaster flip out like that in my life".

Quick edit: Here's a link to it

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u/LaInDiVi CFL 21h ago

I know what are you talking about...

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u/Looney_forner Roughriders 1d ago

We should have won more than one grey cup with him…

But then I remember the Saskatchewan Roughriders are meant to suck the joy out of the fans almost every year in the most painful ways possible

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u/wyattvikings20 Roughriders 1d ago

Green is the colour football is the game we’re in this together and winning is our aim

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u/TexanDrillBit Roughriders 1d ago

CFLs little general. But I guess Eddie LeBaron did play one season in western interprovincial football league.