Date of birth April 1, 1924 Name Oatten Fisher Role American football player | 1951 Toronto Argonauts Positions Guard, Tackle 1954 Toronto Argonauts | |
1950 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 1952-1953 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers College University of North Carolina System | ||
Place of birth Salisbury, NC, USA | ||
Oatten Fisher (April 1, 1924 – April 30, 2006), was an all-star Canadian Football League player.
Having played his college football at the University of North Carolina, Fisher embarked on an 8-year career in Canada. While he only played 16 games over 2 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts, he had a successful stint with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, where he was selected an all-star 3 times. He finished his football career in 1959 with the Calgary Stampeders.
Fisher was among the first African-American players to break the colour barrier in the CFL. He died in Toronto on April 30, 2006.
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