Born: | Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S. | November 24, 1941
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Died: | September 5, 2014 Alaska Highway, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 72)
Career information | |
Status | Retired |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | DE, LB |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
College | Tulsa |
NFL draft | 1963, round: 17, pick: 232 |
Drafted by | San Francisco 49ers |
Career history | |
As player | |
1963–1964 | Edmonton Eskimos |
1965–1970 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Kenneth Woodrow Reed (November 24, 1941 – September 5, 2014) was a Canadian football player who played as a linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Saskatchewan Roughriders; he won the Grey Cup in 1966. Born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri,[1] he was an alumnus of the University of Tulsa.[2] Reed, 72 and his wife died in a car accident in 2014 on the Alaska Highway near Fort St. John, British Columbia.[3][4]