Milson Jones is a former award winning and
Grey Cup champion
fullback in the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
.
Born in
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
, Jones was a stand-out player at the
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of N ...
. He joined the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...
in 1982. In 1984, he moved to the
Edmonton Eskimos, where in 1987 he won the
Grey Cup in a classic game, being named the
Dick Suderman Trophy
The Dick Suderman Trophy (french: Trophée Dick Suderman) for the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian (''Le Canadien le plus précieux de la Coupe Grey'') is awarded annually to the Canadian player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup ...
winner. His next stop was 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 ...
in 1988, where he had his two best seasons, rushing for 730 yards in 1988 and 765 yards in 1990. He also won another
Grey Cup, again a classic game in 1989. In 11 seasons he rushed for 4930 yards and caught 359 passes for another 3873 yards.
Both Milson's sons (Devon and Tristan) became Canadian university football stars.
Ex-Eskimo Milson Jones Pushes Forward
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References
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1959 births
Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
Saskatchewan Roughriders players
Edmonton Elks players
University of North Dakota alumni
North Dakota Fighting Hawks football players
Living people
Jamaican players of Canadian football
People from Saint Catherine Parish
Jamaican emigrants to Canada
Black Canadian players of Canadian football