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CJFL Loses A Legend

By CJFL Media, 02/25/17, 10:15PM PST

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Gordon Currie Passed Away at 93

The CJFL lost a legend on Thursday with the passing of Gordon Currie.

His name has been attached to the “CJFL Coach of the Year” award for good reason.

From 1965 to 1976, Currie coached the Regina Rams football club of the Prairie Football Conference. He led the Rams to eight Manitoba-Saskatchewan Junior League championships, seven Western Canada Junior championships and six national junior titles.  Then in 1975, he was named Canadian Amateur Coach of the Year.

His CJFL accomplishments are incredible to say the least.  He coached 12 seasons, won 76 games, had seven first place finishes, nine Conference championships and six junior titles.

When comparing Currie’s numbers to some of the other CJFL greats, he is right in the thick of the discussion for best ever junior coach.  His 76 wins are sixth all-time, his nine Conference championships are second all-time and his six junior titles are third all-time.

Following his coaching career he went back to teaching and later served as a high school principal, before entering the political scene in Saskatchewan.

He was named to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, to the Order of Canada in 1979 and to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1977, he established the Gordon Currie Foundation which awards the Gordon Currie Youth Development Fund.

The CJFL sends its condolences to his family, friends and football colleagues who knew him best.  He will be missed.

 

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