Ted Dushinski

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Ted Dushinski
Date of birth: November 10, 1943(1943-11-10)
Place of birth: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Date of death: October 25, 2005 (aged 61)
Career information
CFL status: Non-import
Position(s): DB & split end
Organizations
 As player:
1965-1975
1976-1977		 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and Awards
Honors: Saskatchewan Roughrider Hall of Fame

Ted J. Dushinski (November 10, 1943 – October 25, 2005) was a former defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.

Dushinski was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1943. He loved hockey when younger, playing junior hockey with the Saskatoon Quakers as a young boy. He continued playing senior hockey during the off-season even after joining a pro football team, only stopping when football coach Eagle Keys requested it in case of injury.[1]

Dushinski played junior football with the Saskatoon Hilltops before joining the Roughriders in 1965. He played eleven seasons with the team, helping them to victory in their first Grey Cup win in 1966 over the Ottawa Rough Riders. Leaving the Saskatchewan team after eleven seasons, he joined the B.C. Lions from 1976-77.

He decided to retire after the '77 season for business and family reasons, stating in an 1978 interview with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix that he wanted to "sever my relationships with football with good feelings [...] the game has treated me well and I decided to walk away from it gracefully."[1]

He was married to singer/songwriter Susan Jacks. The couple have a son, Thad. In 1983 they moved to Nashville, Tennessee and were living in Antioch before his death.

Dushinski was enshrined into the Saskatchewan Roughrider Hall of Fame in 1993.[2] He died of lung cancer in 2005, at the age of 61.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Saskatoon StarPhoenix. "Former Roughriders defensive back Ted Dushinski dead at age 61", Canadian Press, October 25, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-07. 
  2. ^ "Roughrider great Ted Dushinski passes away", CBC Sports, October 25, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-07. 
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