13 Facts About Ron Lancaster

Ronald Lancaster was an American-Canadian professional football player and coach in the Canadian Football League.

Ron Lancaster was a colour commentator on the CFL on CBC from 1981 to 1990.

Ron Lancaster is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Honour.

In 1963 Ron Lancaster's playing rights were sold to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for $500 with the stipulation that if Saskatchewan ever wanted to trade him, Ottawa would have the first right of refusal.

Ron Lancaster was the first quarterback in CFL history to reach 50,000 career passing yards, won the Schenley Award as most outstanding player in 1970 and 1976, was an All-Canadian in 1970,1973,1975 and 1976 and a Western all-star in 1966,1968,1969,1970,1973,1975 and 1976.

Ron Lancaster was a player-coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 1977 and 1978 seasons and served as Saskatchewan's offensive co-ordinator.

Ron Lancaster passed Hugh Campbell's team record for wins on October 27,1996.

Ron Lancaster signed on to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as head coach on November 26,1997.

On July 10,2006, Ron Lancaster was re-hired as the team's head coach on an interim basis after the firing of Greg Marshall.

Ron Lancaster was part of a trio that included Don Wittman doing the play-by-play and former Argonaut head coach Leo Cahill doing colour commentary.

Ron Lancaster was with the CBC from 1981 to 1990 and was a member of the CBC team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea as the play-by-play broadcaster for basketball.

In 2004, Ron Lancaster was diagnosed with bladder cancer, but appeared to have beaten it after treatment.

Ron Lancaster was survived by his wife, Bev, his three children Lana, Ron, and Bob, and four grandchildren.