| Neil Habig | |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1936 |
| Birth Place: | West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Import: | yes |
| Position1: | center |
| Position2: | linebacker |
| Nfldraftedyear: | 1958 |
| Nfldraftedround: | 27 |
| Nfldraftedteam: | Green Bay Packers |
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| Playing Years1: | – |
| Cflwestallstar: | – |
Neil Habig (born September 6, 1936) is a former 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.