RIP Larry Highbaugh

[jerrym]

CFL Hall of Famer Larry Highbaugh has died.

He was 67.
The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that Highbaugh died Tuesday evening after complications from a heart procedure earlier in the day.
Highbaugh, a cornerback and a kick returner, played for the Eskimos from 1972 to 1983, winning six Grey Cups with the team and named three times an CFL all star.

"Before there was Gizmo Williams, there was Larry Highbaugh," said Allan Watt, who worked with the Eskimos from 1980 to 1996. "He was small in stature, but he was a very fast player and a colourful guy. ...

During his career with the Edmonton Eskimos and B.C. Lions, he made 66 interceptions, second most in the CFL, and amassed 4,966 kickoff return yards, sixth all-time in CFL history.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...dies-1.4036484

[Argo57]

CFL Hall of Famer Larry Highbaugh has died.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...dies-1.4036484

Sad news.
Remember him well, very dynamic player.
Would never have guessed he was 67, where has the time gone?

[jerrym]

Sad news.
Remember him well, very dynamic player.
Would never have guessed he was 67, where has the time gone?

Like you I was shocked to learn he was 67. Something is gaining on us.
Very few players can match his combination of skills as a DB and returner.