Lancaster
Place:
Lancaster Place is named after
Ron Lancaster who during his 19 year football career
set 30 Canadian Football League records and was named outstanding player
in Canada on two separate occasions. Lancaster lead the
Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1963 to 1978. During his time in Regina
the Saskatchewan Roughriders made the playoffs in all but two of the years
he was with the team. Ron Lancaster played in the Grey
Cup four times, bringing the Grey Cup home to Regina in 1966. Ron
eventually retired from the players list and went on to become
the Saskatchewan Roughrider's Head Coach from 1978 to 1980.
Ron Lancaster
was named to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Canadian
Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. |