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1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions playe ...

finished the season in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 7–9 record and failed to make the playoffs. Dave Skrien's first full season as head coach saw drastic improvement from the one win team in 1961. Joe Kapp lead the CFL in passing yards (3279), completions (197) and TD passes (17). Bruising fullback

Nub Beamer Clarence Marvin "Nub" Beamer Jr. (February 14, 1936 - September 10, 2024) was an all-star Canadian Football League (CFL) fullback in the 1960s. High school Beamer as a senior became the first football player at Roseburg High (Roseburg, OR) to ...

had a terrific season rushing for 1161 yards and duo threat tailback Willie Fleming had 925 yards rushing and 525 yards receiving. Linebacker Tom Brown was the lone Lion on the CFL All-star team. The Lions changed their helmets to include the now classic mountain lion claw logo.

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Offensive leaders

1962 CFL Awards

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Tom Brown Tom Brown may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Brown (satirist) (1662–1704), English satirical writer *Tom Brown (trombonist) (1888–1958), American jazz trombonist and bandleader *Tom Brown (actor) (1913–1990), American film and televi ...

, CFL All-Star

References

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