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color: none; font-weight: bold;">No. 58, 33, 24, 72<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid DimGray;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnny_Fripp,_c._1941_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Johnny_Fripp%2C_c._1941_%28cropped%29.png/220px-Johnny_Fripp%2C_c._1941_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Johnny_Fripp%2C_c._1941_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="460" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Fripp in the 1940s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1921-02-11</span>)</span>February 11, 1921<br /><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa, Ontario">Ottawa, Ontario</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">March 24, 2022<span style="display:none">(2022-03-24)</span> (aged 101)<br />Ottawa, Ontario</td></tr><tr style="background: #ACACAC; color: #000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/American_football_positions" title="American football positions">Position(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(Canadian_football)" title="Halfback (Canadian football)">Halfback</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flying_wing_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying wing (football)">flying wing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 7 in (170 cm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">185 lb (84 kg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U_Sports_football" title="U Sports football">University</a></th><td class="infobox-data">none</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">High school</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lisgar_Collegiate_Institute" title="Lisgar Collegiate Institute">Lisgar (ON)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Glebe_Collegiate_Institute" title="Glebe Collegiate Institute">Glebe (ON)</a></td></tr><tr style="background: #DCDCDC; 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line-height: 1.2;">1946–1947</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;">Ottawa Rough Riders</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1947</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Trojans" title="Ottawa Trojans">Ottawa Trojans</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Downing Fripp</b> (February 11, 1921 – March 24, 2022) was a Canadian <a href="/wiki/Skiing" title="Skiing">skier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">football</a> player. He was a skier between 1927 and 1960 and played football in the <a href="/wiki/East_Division_(CFL)" title="East Division (CFL)">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union</a> (IRFU) (now CFL East Division) and <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</a> (ORFU) between 1941 and 1947. A <a href="/wiki/Centenarian" title="Centenarian">centenarian</a>, Fripp was believed to be the oldest former Canadian football player at the time of his death. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnny Fripp was born on February 11, 1921, in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>. He attended high school at <a href="/wiki/Lisgar_Collegiate_Institute" title="Lisgar Collegiate Institute">Lisgar Collegiate Institute</a>, before transferring to <a href="/wiki/Glebe_Collegiate_Institute" title="Glebe Collegiate Institute">Glebe Collegiate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played football in high school as a <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(Canadian_football)" title="Halfback (Canadian football)">halfback</a>, helping Glebe to an undefeated record and interscholastic championship in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ottawa_Citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ottawa Citizen">The Ottawa Citizen</a></i> described him as "a bundle of football-toting dynamite" and the "spearhead of a smashing ground attack".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Skiing_career">Skiing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Skiing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fripp started skiing at the age of 6, and won multiple tournaments as a youth. In 1938, at the age of 17, he won the Journal Trophy at the Gatineau Ski Zone Championships. However, the trophy was awarded to someone else as he was not old enough to be eligible.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After being denied entry to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominion_Ski_Championships&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dominion Ski Championships (page does not exist)">Dominion Championships</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to his age, Fripp went to compete against Americans in the Eastern <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> try-outs held at <a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_New_York" title="Lake Placid, New York">Lake Placid, New York</a>. He was beaten by national champion <a href="/wiki/Dick_Durrance" title="Dick Durrance">Dick Durrance</a>, but won third place in both slalom and downhill events.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fripp again won the Journal Trophy one year later, and also placed second in the Quebec Kandahar combined race, earning first place honors in downhill. He was champion of the Kandahar race in 1940, and won the Eastern Canadian Championships with first place in both slalom and downhill events.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that year in <a href="/wiki/Sun_Valley,_Idaho" title="Sun Valley, Idaho">Sun Valley, Idaho</a>, he competed against American and Austrian professionals, placing 16th out of 80 competitors. Also in 1940, he was named an assistant professional ski instructor at <a href="/wiki/Mont_Tremblant" title="Mont Tremblant">Mont Tremblant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His sports career was interrupted in 1942 by <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. As a member of the skiing team of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a>, he won an event held at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Baldy_Ski_Area" title="Mount Baldy Ski Area">Mount Baldy Ski Area</a> and recorded the fastest time ever by a Canadian skier. After returning from the war, Fripp again won the Quebec Kandahar race. He also won the Alta Cup competition in <a href="/wiki/Alta,_Utah" title="Alta, Utah">Alta, Utah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired shortly afterwards, but returned in 1951 and won his third Quebec Kandahar tournament. He won the Canadian Open Class Downhill Championships in 1953, and was Canada's top entrant to the 1954 Ryan Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was appointed by the Canadian <a href="/wiki/Federation_Internationale_de_Ski" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation Internationale de Ski">Federation Internationale de Ski</a> (FIS) to be the coach of the men's team in 1958 to compete in <a href="/wiki/Bad_Gastein" title="Bad Gastein">Bad Gastein</a>. He also served as director of the Canadian Amateur Ski Association in 1957, and was a member of the International Competition Committee in 1958. He retired in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_career">Football career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Football career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fripp began to play football for the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a> of the <a href="/wiki/East_Division_(CFL)" title="East Division (CFL)">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union</a> (IRFU) at 20 years old in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-Egan2020OCitizen_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Egan2020OCitizen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played the <a href="/wiki/Flying_wing_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying wing (football)">flying wing</a> position.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his debut on September 27, in a 18–5 win over the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Bulldogs" title="Montreal Bulldogs">Montreal Bulldogs</a>. An article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Montreal_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="The Montreal Gazette">The Montreal Gazette</a></i> said, "Johnny Fripp, one of Canada's greatest skiers and last year's one man football team at Glebe Collegiate, was shoved into the battle as a momentary replacement for <a href="/wiki/Andy_Tommy" title="Andy Tommy">Andy Tommy</a> in the second quarter."<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being put in, he was immediately given the ball on a short end play and "made yards".<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His rushes were described as "bull-like" by <i>The Montreal Gazette</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made a "fine debut", according to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ottawa_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ottawa Journal">The Ottawa Journal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Controversy arose after the game, when <i><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Star" title="Montreal Star">Montreal Star</a></i> writer Baz O'Meara claimed he was ineligible to play as an amateur due to his skiing career.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_P._McCaffrey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James P. McCaffrey (page does not exist)">James P. McCaffrey</a>, league president, declined to comment on Fripp.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fripp remained in the league, and scored his first <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> in a 24–6 win over the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts" title="Toronto Argonauts">Toronto Argonauts</a> on October 25.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was out of the league in 1942 when games were suspended due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. He returned to football the following year, playing on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lachine_Fliers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lachine Fliers (page does not exist)">Lachine Fliers</a> military service team.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After then spending another year out of football, Fripp played for the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Hornets" title="Montreal Hornets">Montreal Hornets</a> of the IRFU in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He re-joined the Rough Riders in 1946, appearing in eleven games. He returned to the team in 1947,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but left early in the season for the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Trojans" title="Ottawa Trojans">Ottawa Trojans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</a> (ORFU).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played one season with the Trojans as a halfback, appearing in seven games, before ending his professional football career.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His father, Herbert, founded a real estate and insurance firm in 1923, H. D. Fripp & Son Ltd., and Johnny Fripp took over in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Ski_Hall_of_Fame" title="Canadian Ski Hall of Fame">Canadian Ski Hall of Fame</a> in 1988, and one year later was an inductee to the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame">Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, he was reported to be the oldest former Ottawa Rough Rider, and believed to be the oldest former Canadian football player at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Egan2020OCitizen_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Egan2020OCitizen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fripp celebrated his <a href="/wiki/Centenarian" title="Centenarian">100th birthday</a> on February 11, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on March 24, 2022, one year later at age 101.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominion_Ski_Championships&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dominion Ski Championships (page does not exist)">Dominion Ski Championships</a> acted as the Canadian national championships.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/f/frip00200.html">"Johnny Fripp Stats"</a>. <i>Pro Football Archives</i>.</cite><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 29,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ottawa+Sport+Hall+of+Fame&rft.atitle=John+D.+Fripp&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fottawasporthalloffame.ca%2Finductees%2Fjohn-d-fripp%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohnny+Fripp" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEgan,_Kelly2022" class="citation news cs1">Egan, Kelly (March 25, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/egan-it-was-very-profound-buried-unconscious-skier-reunites-with-rescuers">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'It was very profound' — buried, unconscious skier reunites with rescuers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Citizen" title="Ottawa Citizen">Ottawa Citizen</a></i>. <q>Johnny Fripp, the oldest alumni of the Ottawa Rough Riders and possibly the entire Canadian Football League, has died at the age of 101.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ottawa+Citizen&rft.atitle=%27It+was+very+profound%27+%E2%80%94+buried%2C+unconscious+skier+reunites+with+rescuers&rft.date=2022-03-25&rft.au=Egan%2C+Kelly&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fottawacitizen.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fegan-it-was-very-profound-buried-unconscious-skier-reunites-with-rescuers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohnny+Fripp" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&oldid=1259401685">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Fripp&oldid=1259401685</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1921_births" title="Category:1921 births">1921 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2022_deaths" title="Category:2022 deaths">2022 deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canadian_men_centenarians" title="Category:Canadian men centenarians">Canadian men centenarians</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canadian_football_running_backs" title="Category:Canadian football running backs">Canadian football running backs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canadian_male_alpine_skiers" title="Category:Canadian male alpine skiers">Canadian male alpine skiers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ottawa_Rough_Riders_players" title="Category:Ottawa Rough Riders players">Ottawa Rough Riders players</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Players_of_Canadian_football_from_Ontario" title="Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario">Players of Canadian football from Ontario</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Skiers_from_Ottawa" title="Category:Skiers from Ottawa">Skiers from Ottawa</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force_personnel_of_World_War_II" title="Category:Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II">Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Skiing_coaches" title="Category:Skiing coaches">Skiing coaches</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Good_articles" title="Category:Good articles">Good articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_March_2022" title="Category:Use mdy dates from March 2022">Use mdy dates from March 2022</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 24 November 2024, at 23:24<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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