Pat Claridge | |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1938 |
Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Death Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Wide receiver |
Position2: | End |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 210 |
College: | Washington |
Amateur Title: | Junior |
Amateur Team: | Vancouver Blue Bombers |
Playing Years1: | - |
Playing Team1: | BC Lions |
Playing Team2: | Calgary Stampeders |
Career Highlights: |
Patrick S. Claridge (July 12, 1938 – March 8, 2012) was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions and Calgary Stampeders.
Claridge lettered at Washington from 1958-60. He was leading receiver and Most Improved Player on the 1960 team, which went 10-1 while beat Minnesota in the Rose Bowl 17-7 and was awarded the national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[1]
He won the Grey Cup with the Lions in 1964.[2] He played college football at the University of Washington with his brother Bruce, who also played in the CFL. He was later a businessman following his retirement from football. Claridge died of Alzheimer's disease in 2012.[3]