1. Clair Joseph Warner was an American-born Canadian football player and executive.
17 Facts About Clair Warner
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Clair Warner played seven seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, before starting an executive career that spanned 37 seasons until his death in 1970.
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Clair Warner was a 1965 inductee to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
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Clair Warner's family moved to Canada in 1917, when Warner was 14.
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Clair Warner moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, two years later, and played juvenile football that year.
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From 1920 to 1924, Clair Warner played junior football in Regina, before joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders in late 1924.
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Clair Warner played the end position, and spent 1924 to 1928, then again from 1931 to 1932 with the team, before retiring in 1933.
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Clair Warner appeared in four Grey Cup games with Saskatchewan, but did not win any.
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Clair Warner re-joined the Roughriders one year later as general manager, while keeping the other position.
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In 1941, Clair Warner became the president of the Roughrider organization.
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Clair Warner gave his general manager position to Greg Grassick, a former teammate of his, in 1950, but regained the role in 1951.
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Clair Warner served for five years on the rules committee of the Canadian Rugby Union, and was WIFU president in 1948.
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In 1966, Clair Warner was the first recipient of the Regina Sportsman of the Year award.
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From 1920 to 1921, Clair Warner worked for the Union Bank, and afterwards was employed at Robert Simpson Western Ltd.
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Clair Warner was active in several different organizations, with the Canadian Club, Regina Chamber of Commerce, Electric Service League, and Cathedral Men's Club of Holy Rosary Church.
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Clair Warner spent time with the Wascana Golf and Country Club, Assiniboia Club, the Saskatchewan chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, the Wascana Winter Club, and was in the Regina United Appeal.
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Clair Warner died on November 18,1970, at the age of 67, in Regina.