Ron Forwick

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Ron Forwick
Born:(1943-10-05)October 5, 1943
Edmonton, Alberta
Died: July 2, 2001(2001-07-02) (aged 57)
Edmonton, Alberta
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) DE
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 245 lb (111 kg)
CJFL Edmonton Huskies
Career history
As player
1965–1974 Edmonton Eskimos
1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL West All-Star 1970
Awards 1965 - Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy

Ron Forwick (October 5, 1943 - July 2, 2001) was an award-winning and all-star defensive end who played in the Canadian Football League from 1965 to 1975.

Defensive end defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football

Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.

Canadian Football League Professional Canadian football league

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.

Forwick jumped from the junior ranks, with the Edmonton Huskies, to his hometown Edmonton Eskimos in 1965, winning the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy as top Canadian rookie in the west. [1] He was a stalwart on the Esk's defensive line during their lean years, being named an all-star in 1970. [2] He was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1975, his final season, this being the year the Eskimos finally won the Grey Cup.

Edmonton Huskies

The Edmonton Huskies are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The Huskies play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl. The current head coach is Iain MacLean.

Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Football League team

The Edmonton Eskimos are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta, competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Eskimos play their home games at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium and are the third-youngest franchise in the CFL. The Eskimos were founded in 1949, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895. The Eskimos are arguably the most successful CFL franchise of the modern era, having won the league's Grey Cup championship fourteen times, second overall only to the Toronto Argonauts who have won seventeen. This includes a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982, and most recently in 2015.

The Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy is a Canadian Football League award, given to the most outstanding Canadian player in the West Division. Each team nominates a player for this award, from which the winner is chosen. Either the winner of this trophy or the winner of the Lew Hayman Trophy will also win the Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Canadian award.

Forwick died of cancer on July 2, 2001. [3] On September 25, 2002 the Edmonton Eskimo Football club announced the dedication of Forwick Field, adjacent to Husky House in Kinsman Park. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Esks Own Top Tookie Calgary Herald, October 26, 1965
  2. ↑ "#63 RON FORWICK, DE". soudogsports.net. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Jones, Terry. "RON FORWICK - The Edmonton kid who made good". EdmontonEskimoAlumni.com. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ron Forwick Field, Kinsmen Park, Edmonton, AB". ParkGrades.com. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
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