| Born: | January 26, 1938 Youngstown Ohio |
|---|---|
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | RB |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| College | University of Dayton |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1960–1960 | Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1961–1964 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1965–1965 | Montreal Alouettes |
| CFL East All-Star | 1962 |
Ernie White was a Canadian football running back who played 6 seasons in the Canadian Football League for three teams. He was voted as an eastern conference all-star in 1962.
Canadian football is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area.
A running back (RB) is an American and Canadian football position, a member of the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block. There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a halfback, a wingback or a fullback. A running back will sometimes be called a "feature back" if he is the team's starting running back.
The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division.
Ernie White played college football at the University of Dayton and, after playing rugby for the London Lords of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, joined the Hamilton Tiger Cats in 1960, where he had only 3 carries. [1] [2] White blossomed as a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders the following year, rushing for a 9.0 yard average on 30 carries on a backfield that included Dave Thelen and Ron Stewart. White became an eastern conference all-star in 1962, rushing for 804 yards (5.9 yards per carry), along with 758 receiving yards (24.5 yards per catch), 429 yards in kick returns (26.8 yards per return), and 10 touchdowns. Despite his 6.4 yards per rush average and 23.4 yards per catch, he had fewer than half as many carries the following year. He nevertheless led the east in kickoff return yards with 665 and a 35.0 yard per return average. He played only 5 games for Ottawa in 1964 and 5 more in 1965 for the Montreal Alouettes before retiring.
The University of Dayton (UD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The university's campus is in the city's southern portion and spans 388 acres on both sides of the Great Miami River. The campus is noted for the Immaculate Conception Chapel and the University of Dayton Arena. The University also operates in China's Suzhou Industrial Park, the University of Dayton China Institute.
The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) was an early amateur Canadian football league. As its name implies, it comprised teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would evolve.
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly 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 period in which they won five Grey Cups. The team's fortunes waned in the 1980s and 1990s and they ultimately ceased operations following the 1996 season. Five years later, a new CFL team known as the Ottawa Renegades was founded, though they suspended operations in 2006. The Ottawa Redblacks, who own the Rough Riders intellectual properties, joined the league in 2014.
