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Gino Fracas (April 28, 1930 – October 29, 2009) was a professional
Canadian football Canadian football () is a 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 scoring area ( ...
player and hall of fame CIS football coach. He was professor of Human Kinetics at the
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from 1967 to 1995.


Early years

Fracas was born in
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, on April 28, 1930, and attended Assumption College Catholic High School, where he was named to the All-City football team in 1947 and 1949 and to the all-
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team in 1948 as a halfback. He won consecutive provincial championships with his high school team and another championship with the 1950 Assumption College Junior
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team. He also played first base in
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for the Windsor Sterlings in the Detroit Federation League and, in 1951, played semi-professional for the Frood Tigers in
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. Fracas was a running back and linebacker at the University of Western Ontario and played on the Mustangs Yates Cup championships teams in 1952 and 1953.


Professional career

Fracas was drafted first overall by the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1954, but played his CFL career with the Edmonton Eskimos from 1955 to 1962 and was team captain. He won two Grey Cups in 1955 and 1956 with the Eskimos.


Coaching career

After his playing career, Fracas became a university football coach. He coached the
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from 1963 to 1967 and lead them to National and Conference Championships in his final year. From 1968 to 1986 he coached the
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. He founded the football program in Windsor and lead the Lancers to CCIFC championship in 1969 and OUAA Championship in 1975.


Honours and awards

University of Windsor's Coach of the Year Award and CIS Football Volunteer Coach of the Year were named in his honour. In 2011 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.


Death

Fracas died in 2009 at age 79 in
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.


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Further reading


Western inducts third class of football greats
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