Cfl west all star 1958 | Name Jack Hill Role American football player | |
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Date of birth (1932-10-17)October 17, 1932 Date of death September 26, 2005(2005-09-26) (aged 72) NFL draft 1956 / Round: 13 / Pick 151(By the Baltimore Colts) Died September 26, 2005, Kaysville, Utah, United States | ||
Positions Running back, Placekicker |
Jack "the Deacon" Hill was an award winning and all-star running back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League.
Hill is from Ogden, Utah, graduated from Utah State University. He joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1957, but his greatest year was 1958, when he was an all-star and scored a professional football record 145 points (16 touchdowns, 36 converts, 4 field goals and a rouge) and won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy. He played 3 more seasons with the Green Riders, but was hampered by injuries. His contract was sold to the Denver Broncos in 1961, where he caught 4 passes in 14 games. He later owned a car dealership in Utah.
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