Ray Enright (Canadian football) explained

Ray Enright
Birth Date:15 June 1929
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Import:no
Position1:Halfback
Position2:End
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:190
College:North Dakota
Playing Years1: -
Playing Team1:Edmonton Eskimos
Playing Team2:BC Lions

Raymond Leo Enright (June 15, 1929 – August 4, 2023) was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. He played college football at the University of North Dakota.[1] [2]

In 1981, Enright was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the August 8, 1980 shooting death of Suzanne Meloche at a Calgary restaurant.[3] [4] Held at the William Head Institution, he was paroled in 2001.[5] Enright died on August 4, 2023, at the age of 94.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ray Enright football statistics on StatsCrew.com.
  2. Web site: 1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) - Pro Football Archives.
  3. Web site: Friends mourn woman found dead in bar fire . 2015-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150917133735/http://www.canada.com/mobile/iphone/story.html?id=5580b21e-76a4-449c-af33-8d004a75dc25 . 2015-09-17 .
  4. How a football star became a murderer: [FINAL Edition]Slade, Daryl. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 14 Mar 1997: B.5.
  5. Judge who was given 24-hour police protection won DFC as bomber pilotFedori, Kathy. The Globe and Mail [Toronto, Ont] 06 June 2007: S.9.
  6. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/kelowna-bc/raymond-enright-11396524 Raymond Leo Enright