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| Date of birth | December 4, 1923 |
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| Place of birth | Tompkinsville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Date of death | December 20, 2012 (aged 89) |
| Place of death | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | C |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| US college | Western Kentucky |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1955–1958 | Edmonton Eskimos (A. coach) |
| 1959–1963 | Edmonton Eskimos (HC) |
| 1964 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (OC) |
| 1965–1970 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (HC) |
| 1971–1975 | BC Lions (HC) |
| As player | |
| 1949–1951 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1952–1954 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL East All-Star | 1949, 1950, 1951 |
| CFL West All-Star | 1951, 1953, 1954 |
| Career stats | |
Eagle Keys (December 4, 1923 – December 20, 2012) was an American born professional Canadian football player who played and coached in the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1] He is currently fifth all-time in regular season wins with 131 as a head coach in the CFL. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
- ^ Vanstone, Rob. "Former Roughriders coach Eagle Keys dead at 89". Leaderpost.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2012.