Russ Jackson American football player

Russell Stanley Jackson, OC (born July 28, 1936), is a former professional Canadian football player. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. He is a member of the Order of Canada, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and has been described as the best Canadian-born quarterback to play in the CFL. In 2006, Jackson was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#8) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN, the highest-ranked Canadian-born player on the list.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 28, 1936
Birth place
Hamilton Ontario
Height (meters)1.8542
Weight (Kilograms)88.452

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American football player

position
Quarterback
statusRetired

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Russ Jackson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cshof.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=417
  2. http://www.footballcardgallery.com/player/Russ_Jackson
  3. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004090