Neil Habig

Neil Habig

Profile
Positions	Center • Linebacker
Personal information
Born	(1936-09-06)September 6, 1936 West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Died	November 24, 1992(1992-11-24) (aged 56) Lexington, KY
Career information
College	Purdue
NFL draft	1958: 27th round
Career history
1958–1964	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Awards and highlights
CFL All-Star (1962) 6× CFL West All-Star (1959–1964) Second-team All-Big Ten (1957) Roughrider’s Hall of Fame

′ Neil Habig (September 6, 1936 - November 24, 1992) was an offensive lineman and linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1958 to 1964 and was a dominant player at his position of center.^[1][2]

CFL

As a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Neil Habig played center and linebacker. In 7 years (1958-1964), Habig was a CFL All-Star center once (1962, the first year this honor was awarded) and a Western conference all-star 6 times (1959-1964). As a linebacker, he was particularly adept at covering the pass, as indicated by his 10 career interceptions, including 6 in a single year (1963). Despite this prowess, his team reached the Western finals only once, in 1963, and lost to the BC Lions, so that he never played in a Grey cup game. He was replaced in 1965 by Ted Urness, a CFL All-Star center himself for the next 6 years.

References

1. "Neil Habig".
2. "Neil Habig football statistics on StatsCrew.com".