Ted Watkins

Ted Watkins
Profile
PositionWide receiver
Personal information
Born1941 (1941)
Chicago
DiedJune 2, 1968(1968-06-02) (aged 26–27)
Stockton, California
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
CollegePacific
Career history
1963–1966Ottawa Rough Riders
1967Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Awards and highlights

Ted Watkins (1941 – June 2, 1968) was an American professional football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1967.[1] He previously played college football at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

In the late 1960s, Watkins was active in the Black Power movement in Toronto.[2]

He was shot and killed in 1968 during an alleged liquor store holdup in Stockton, California, weeks before the beginning of the 1968 CFL season.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stats". www.justsportsstats.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Photo" (PDF). www.gettyimages.ca. July 17, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Watertown Daily Times" (PDF). Watertown Daily Times. Watertown Daily Times. June 1968. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
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