Neil Habig
Born: | (1936-09-06) September 6, 1936 (age 88) West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
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Career information | |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | C, LB |
College | Purdue |
NFL draft | 1958, round: 27 |
Drafted by | Green Bay Packers |
Career history | |
As player | |
1958–1964 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 1962 |
CFL West All-Star | 1959–1964 |
Neil Habig (born September 6, 1936) is a former offensive lineman and linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1958 to 1964 and was a dominant player at his position of center.[1][2]
CFL
As a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Neil Habig played center and linebacker. In 7 years (1958-1964), Habig was a CFL All-Star center once (1962, the first year this honor was awarded) and a Western conference all-star 6 times (1959-1964). As a linebacker, he was particularly adept at covering the pass, as indicated by his 10 career interceptions, including 6 in a single year (1963). Despite this prowess, his team reached the Western finals only once, in 1963, and lost to the BC Lions, so that he never played in a Grey cup game. He was replaced in 1965 by Ted Urness, a CFL All-Star center himself for the next 6 years.
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