Jim Foley (born October 27, 1946) is a former award-winning
slotback
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in the
Canadian Football League
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.
He was drafted by the
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Canad ...
in the
1970 CFL College Draft, winning the
CFL's Rookie of the Year Award in 1971, and later won the 1975
Most Outstanding Canadian Award and two
Grey Cups with the
Ottawa Rough Riders.
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Career
He attended
St. Dunstan's University :''St. Andrew's College, Prince Edward Island'' redirects to here.
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, later to become the
University of Prince Edward Island
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...
, and played football from 1966 to 1969. He is one of the few professional football players to come from
UPEI. Foley was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and the top athlete for 3 consecutive years. In his junior year Foley was also MVP of the Bluenose Conference. He was also the rushing leader with 809 yards and the rushing average leader at 9.6 yards per carry. In his senior year, now playing for the UPEI Panthers, Foley led the league in kickoff return yards (377) and the highest kick return average. He was also named
UPEI’s first Male Athlete of the Year. Over four seasons of collegiate football, Foley scored 198 points and rushed for 2376 yards. Jim Foley was inducted into UPEI Sports Hall of Fame and to the Prince Edward Island Football Hall of Fame.
He began his 7-year CFL career in 1971 with the
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Canad ...
, playing 2 season with them. In his first year, he was good enough to win the
Gruen Trophy as top rookie in the Eastern Conference. He moved to the
Ottawa Rough Riders in 1973, where he helped the Riders to a Grey Cup win. He was named the
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award winner in 1975. He would play 5 seasons in Ottawa. In 1976 he had 56 receptions for 847 yards and was part of the classic 1976
64th Grey Cup
The 64th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1976, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 23–20 in what is considered one of the most thrilling Grey Cup games, featuring some of the most ...
game victory. He was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
Awards
* Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame (2010)
*UPEI Sports Hall of Fame
*Prince Edward Island Football Hall of Fame
References
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1946 births
Living people
UPEI Panthers football players
Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Canadian Award winners
Montreal Alouettes players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Canadian football people from Ottawa
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners