RIP: Ron Lancaster

I lost another piece of my childhood today.

Ron Lancaster is dead.

When I was a kid, Lancaster and running back George Reed were the Saskatchewan Roughriders for me. Sure, there were about thirty or forty other players on the team, and one or two dozen support staff, all of whom did their parts to keep the team ticking over at Taylor Field every year. But those two players personified the 'Riders for me, defined them for me.

That they both moved on to others things in the decades since they wore the Green and White...well, it mattered. Somewhat. Not a whole lot, though.

If you're interested in additional info...

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Background via Wikipedia
Background via Canadian Encyclopedia

Thanks for putting up with this.