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Profile | |
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Positions | Center • Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born | West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. | September 6, 1936
Died | November 24, 1992 (aged 56) Lexington, KY |
Career information | |
College | Purdue |
NFL draft | 1958: 27th round |
Career history | |
1958–1964 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Awards and highlights | |
Neil Habig (September 6, 1936 - November 24, 1992) was an offensive lineman and linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1958 to 1964 and was a dominant player at his position of center. [1] [2]
As a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Neil Habig played center and linebacker. In 7 years (1958-1964), Habig was a CFL All-Star center once (1962, the first year this honor was awarded) and a Western conference all-star 6 times (1959-1964). As a linebacker, he was particularly adept at covering the pass, as indicated by his 10 career interceptions, including 6 in a single year (1963). Despite this prowess, his team reached the Western finals only once, in 1963, and lost to the BC Lions, so that he never played in a Grey cup game. He was replaced in 1965 by Ted Urness, a CFL All-Star center himself for the next 6 years.