Cedric George Edward Gyles (December 23, 1926 – September 24, 2023) was a
Canadian football player who played for the
Calgary Stampeders. He won the
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...
with them in 1948. Gyles played junior football in
Vancouver,
British Columbia with the Junior Vancouver Blue Bombers. From 1968 to 1969, Gyles was president of the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers. An avid sailor, he was a long time member of the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto, Ontario. He served as Club Commodore in 1985-86. Gyles skippered the yacht Norseman to the Sira Cup at the 1999 8-Metre World Cup in
Rochester, New York Gyles died on September 30, 2023 at the age of 96. Gyles resided in
Collingwood, Ontario and was one of the last surviving members of the 1948 Grey Cup championship team.
Cedric Gyles obituary
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1926 births
2023 deaths
Canadian football running backs
Calgary Stampeders players
Sportspeople from Vancouver
Winnipeg Blue Bombers team presidents
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