Oatten Fisher | |
Birth Date: | April 1, 1924 |
Birth Place: | Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Position1: | Guard, Tackle |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 225 [1] |
College: | University of North Carolina |
Playing Years1: | 1950 |
Playing Team1: | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
Playing Years2: | 1951 |
Playing Team2: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years3: | 1952–1953 |
Playing Team3: | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
Playing Years4: | 1954 |
Playing Team4: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years5: | 1955–1956 |
Playing Team5: | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
Playing Years6: | 1959 |
Playing Team6: | Calgary Stampeders |
Honors: | ORFU All-Star - 1950, 1953, 1955 Salisbury/Rowan Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 (posthumous) |
Oatten Fisher (April 1, 1924 – April 30, 2006), was an all-star Canadian Football League player.
Having played college football at the University of North Carolina, Fisher embarked on an 8-year career in Canada. While he only played 16 games over 2 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts, he had a successful stint with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, where he was selected an all-star 3 times.[2] He finished his football career in 1959 with the Calgary Stampeders.[3]
Fisher was among the first African-American players to break the colour barrier in the CFL.[1] He died in Toronto on April 30, 2006.[4]