Ernie Pitts

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Ernie Pitts
Date of birth:	1933
Place of birth:	Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Date of death:	1970
Place of death:	Denver, Colorado
Career information
Position(s):	Wide receiver Defensive back
College:	University of Denver
NFL Draft:	1957 / Round: 8 / Pick 92 (By the San Francisco 49ers)
Organizations
As player:
1957-1969 1970	Winnipeg Blue Bombers British Columbia Lions

Ernie Pitts was a Canadian Football League receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the British Columbia Lions in a 14 year career in the CFL from 1957-1970. He won four Grey Cups with Winnipeg.

Pitts died in 1970. He was shot in a domestic dispute.

[edit] External links

• http://www.bcshof.org/halloffamers/pitts1980.htm
• http://canoe.ca/CFLGreyCup97/nov13_taylor.html