John Kruspe

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John Kruspe
Born: (1944-07-05) July 5, 1944 (age 79)
Clifford, Ontario, Canada
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) Running back
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career history
As player
1969 Montreal Alouettes
19701974 Ottawa Rough Riders
1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
  • Football OIFC Champion (1966), Football CCIFC Champion (1968), Grey Cup champion (1973), Wilfrid Laurier Sports Hall of Fame (1986) and then again (2011)

John Kruspe (born July 5, 1944) is a retired Canadian football player who played for the Montreal Alouettes, Ottawa Rough Riders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. [1] He previously played football at Waterloo Lutheran (now Wilfrid Laurier University). Laurier has inducted him into their Sports Hall of Fame twice, once in 1986 and then again in 2011. John was a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders team that beat out the Edmonton Eskimos during the 1973 Grey Cup Championship in Toronto at Exhibition Stadium. He returned to Ottawa from Hamilton with his wife Bonny Kruspe (Reading) and their son Jory upon retirement from the game. He would soon become a school Principal with the Ottawa Board of Education and have a second son Tyler.

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References

  1. "John Kruspe football statistics on StatsCrew.com".