Jerome "Jerry" Selinger (July 17, 1935 - June 16, 2017) was a
Canadian football
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player who played for the
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...
. He won the
Grey Cup
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with them in 1960, 1968 and 1969.
He played college football at
St. Joseph's College in
Indiana
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, winning a national title as a member of the Pumas'
1956 squad.
References
1935 births
2017 deaths
Canadian football offensive linemen
Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Saint Joseph's Pumas football players
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