Status Retired Height 1.83 m CFL status National Weight 95 kg | Name Wayne Shaw Positions Linebacker Role Linebacker Cfl all star 1967 | |
Place of birth Bladworth, Saskatchewan College none - Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 1961-1972 Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL West All-Star 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 | ||
Wayne Shaw was an outside linebacker who played twelve seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.
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Early days
Educated at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, Shaw played football for The Notre Dame Hounds and Saskatoon Hilltops before joining the Roughriders in 1961.
Roughrider
Wayne Shaw was a 6-time Western Division all-star player at the linebacker position. Shaw helped the Roughriders win the 54th Grey Cup of 1966 by a score of 29-14. He also played in the 55th Grey Cup of 1967 and the 57th Grey Cup of 1969, losses to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders.
Post-football
After his football career, Shaw ran a retail store in Winnipeg, Manitoba for 10 years. He returned to Saskatchewan where he owned and operated a bookstore in Saskatoon up to his retirement in 2009, at which time he donated thousands of books to the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.
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Seen in game 3 of the 1970 Western Conference finals in its entirety