Joseph Slater Zaleski (January 15, 1966 – June 27, 1993) was a
Canadian football player who played for the
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...
,
Toronto Argonauts, and
Saskatchewan Roughriders. The son of
Joe Zaleski
Joseph John Zaleski (March 19, 1927 – September 10, 2016) was a Canadian football player and coach.
Early life, education and Marine Corps service
Zaleski was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1927 and attended Warren Consolidated Hig ...
, he played football for the
Edmonton Huskies prior to his CFL career. In 1992, he was studying geography at the
University of Alberta. He died suddenly at the age of 27 in 1993.
[Zaleski's death stuns his family: inal EditionStories by NORM COWLEY Journal Football Writer. Edmonton Journal dmonton, Alta29 June 1993: D3.]
References
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1966 births
1993 deaths
Canadian football wide receivers
Edmonton Elks players
Toronto Argonauts players
Saskatchewan Roughriders players
Players of Canadian football from Alberta
Canadian football people from Edmonton
Canadian people of American descent