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Steve Mazurak (born May 25, 1951) is a retired
Canadian football Canadian football, or simply football, is a Sports in Canada, sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a Ball (gridiron football), pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposi ...
player who played for the
Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 19 ...
of the
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(CFL). He played Junior Baseball for the Regina Maroons playing in two Canadian Championships (1971 and 1972). He also played Junior Football for the Regina Rams and played in two Canadian Championships (1971-1972) winning in 1971. He went on to play for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1973-1980. Following his career with the Roughriders he was hired by his former teammate George Reed, President of the Canadian Football League Players Association as the first ever full time Executive Director of the Players Association. He assisted in negotiating two collective bargaining agreements for the CFLPA and was instrumental in establishing the first ever Career Counseling Program for its members. Following his five year career with the CFLPA he spent 2 years working with the SaskSport/Lotteries ‘Sask First’ Canada Games High Performance Program as Director Communications. He left SaskSport in 1989 to lead the Saskatchewan Rogers Cantel business development team in the new world of wireless cellular communications. As a sales leader DSM (Saskatchewan) and later Director Sales and interim Vice President Cantel MidWest (Winnipeg) he finished his wireless career as Owner Operator of Ci Wireless for AT&T Allstream. In 2005 he left his Winnipeg business and moved back to his Regina roots to work for his Roughriders and incoming President and CEO Jim Hopson. In 2018, Steve retired after a thirteen year career as a senior executive with the Riders. Steve and his friend Jim Hopson enjoyed many successes with the Roughriders. Steve and his wife Heather were married in 1973 and reside in Regina.


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1951 births Living people Canadian football wide receivers Saskatchewan Roughriders players Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub