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Position | Running back |
Personal information | |
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | August 11, 1951
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Eastern Michigan |
NFL draft | 1975: 14th round, 363rd overall pick |
Career history | |
1975–1977 | BC Lions |
1978–1979 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Awards and highlights | |
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Mike Strickland (born August 11, 1951) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) running back. He played for the BC Lions from 1975 through 1977, and for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1978 and 1979. [1] He was an All-Star in 1976, and won the Eddie James Memorial Trophy that same season.[ citation needed ]
Mike has lived in Saskatchewan except for one move to Prince George, British Columbia. He and his wife have two daughters and a granddaughter. Mike has retired from his work at BayerCrop Science. [2]
Mike coached ladies touch football; high school football at Sheldon-Williams Collegiate and F.W. Johnson Collegiate in Regina and North Battleford Comprehensive High School. He has coached with Sask Sport and coached baseball at Robert Usher Collegiate.