Gary Schreider | |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1934 |
Birth Place: | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Halfback |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
College: | Queen's |
Playing Years1: | - |
Playing Team1: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Playing Team2: | BC Lions |
Playing Years3: | 1962 |
Playing Team3: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Playing Years4: | - |
Playing Team4: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Administrating Years1: | – |
Administrating Team1: | CFLPA (President) |
Career Highlights: |
Gary Edward Schreider (April 21, 1934 – January 22, 2011) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1960.[1] He played university football at Queen's University, where he was part of the Golden Gaels' 1955 Yates Cup championship.[2]
During the 1965 off-season, Schreider became a founding member, and first president, of the Canadian Football League Players' Association. He did not return to the CFL for the 1965 season, going on to a career as a lawyer and judge.[2]
Schreider has been inducted into the Queen's University Hall of Fame and the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
Schreider died in 2011 of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.[3]