Don McKeta (born November 11, 1934) is a retired

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

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

. He played college football at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

, lettering from 1958 to 1960. McKeta was an All-AAWU halfback selection in 1958 and 1959, All-Coast in 1960, and the ''Seattle P-I'' Sports Star of the Year. McKeta was selected in the 20th round of the

1961 NFL Draft The 1961 National Football League draft took place at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on December 27–28, 1960. The league would later hold an expansion draft for the Minnesota Vikings expansion franchise. This draft was also the first regula ...

by the

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, though he played the 1961 season with the CFL's

. He later coached at Washington from 1964 to 1965.http://washington_ftp.sidearmsports.com/old_site/pdf/m-footbl/9_08FBMG.pdf

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McKeta, Don Living people 1934 births American football halfbacks Canadian football running backs Continental Football League coaches Saskatchewan Roughriders players Washington Huskies football players Washington Huskies football coaches