Date of birth 1927 1949-52 Montreal Alouettes Place of birth Hamilton, Ontario Name Jack Harper | Date of death Deceased Role Canadian football Position(s) HB Cfl all star 1948 | |
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1953-54 Saskatchewan Roughriders | ||
John "Jack" Harper was a Grey Cup champion and All-Star Canadian Football League player. He was an halfback.
Harper started out with the Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and had an All-Star season in 1948, leading his union in scoring with 60 points and tying Virgil Wagner for the national title. The Montreal Alouettes signed him, and fellow All-Star quarterback Frank Filchock, away from Hamilton in 1949 and these two stars were at the heart of the Als first ever Grey Cup victory that season. After 3 more seasons in Montreal, Harper played with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for two seasons, and finished his career with 6 games for the Toronto Argonauts in 1955.
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