David Roger "Steaky" Adams (January 14, 1920 – November 21, 2011) was a
Canadian football
Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...
player who played for the
Calgary Stampeders
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. 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. Adams was also selected for the all-star team in 1946 and 1947. Previously, Adams served in
World War II
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with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died in 2011.
References
1920 births
2011 deaths
Calgary Stampeders players
Canadian Army personnel of World War II
Royal Canadian Engineers soldiers
Canadian military personnel from Alberta
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