Name Neil Lumsden Status Retired | CFL status National Children Jesse Lumsden Position(s) FB/RB | |
Date of birth (1952-12-19) December 19, 1952 (age 63) CFL draft 1976 / Round: Territorial Protection Education University of Ottawa, Northern Secondary School | ||
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Neil Lumsden (born December 19, 1952 in London, Ontario) is a former Canadian Football League player who played mostly as a fullback and also as a running back for the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos from 1976 to 1985.
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- Cfl 1977 toronto at montreal part 4 opening minutes neil lumsden
- 2016 Canadian National Pond Hockey Championship cancelled
- Early life
- Football career
- Post CFL career
- Personal life
- References
2016 Canadian National Pond Hockey Championship cancelled
Early life
He played high school football at Northern Secondary School and graduated from Crescent School in Toronto.
Football career
Some of his career highlights include the Vanier Cup with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees in 1975, being the eastern conference nominee for Most Outstanding Rookie in 1976, losing out to John Sciarra of the BC Lions, and winning three Grey Cup Championships with Edmonton Eskimos from 1980 to 1982, and again being a Grey Cup winner in 1999 as General Manager of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In the 1981 Grey Cup game Lumsden with 8 receptions for 91 yards plus a carry for 2 yards was selected as the Outstanding Canadian being awarded with the Dick Suderman Trophy.
In ten seasons Lumsden played in 141 regular season games and carried the ball 767 times for 3755 yards and with 36 touchdowns. He also had 180 receptions for 1729 yards and 15 more touchdowns. Several times during his career he was called on to fill in as a placekicker and punter.
Post-CFL career
Lumsden worked briefly in cycling when he was appointed COO of the Hamilton, Ontario, UCI Road World Championships in 2003. This was only the fourth time the road cycling world championships had taken place outside Europe.
Lumsden now heads Drive Marketing, a sports marketing firm and a division of OK&D Marketing Group of Burlington, Ontario.
Lumsden acted as Honorary Chairman of the 2008 Desjardins Vanier Cup in Hamilton, Ontario.
In 2014, he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Personal life
His son is Jesse Lumsden was also a CFL football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos, and Calgary Stampeders before retiring in 2011. He is now a member of the Canadian Olympic Bobsled Team.
In 2015, he and his daughter, Kristin Lumsden, a makeup artist/skincare specialist living and working in Toronto, competed in the third season of The Amazing Race Canada. In legs 1-6, they placed in 10th, 6th, 1st, 6th, 7th, and 6th. In leg 7, they placed in 7th and were eliminated from the race.