Date of birth | October 25, 1914 |
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Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Date of death | May 20, 2006 | (aged 91)
Place of death | Canmore, Alberta, Canada |
Career information | |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | QB/K |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career history | |
As administrator | |
1954–1955 | BC Lions |
As coach | |
1949–1951 | Edmonton Eskimos |
1953 | Vancouver Cubs |
1954–1955 | BC Lions |
As player | |
1935–1941 | Toronto Argonauts |
1942 | Toronto/Oakwood Indians |
1943 | Balmy Beach |
1944 | HMCS York Bulldogs |
1945–1946 | Toronto Indians |
1949–1951 | Edmonton Eskimos |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 1938, 1943 |
Honours | Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1991) |
Career stats | |
Annis Paul Stukus (October 25, 1914 – May 20, 2006) was a Canadian football player, journalist, coach, broadcaster, and executive. He was the first head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos and the BC Lions of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (now the West Division of the Canadian Football League) and the first general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association.