Kaye Vaughan
| Date of birth | June 30, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Concordia, Kansas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | OT/DT |
| College | Tulsa |
| NFL draft | 1953 / Round: 12 / Pick: 134 |
| Drafted by | Baltimore Colts |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1953-1964 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1962 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 |
| Awards | 1956, 1957 - CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award |
| Honors | 1960 - Grey Cup champion |
| Career stats | |
Charles Kaye Vaughan (born June 30, 1931) is a former professional football player, a lineman with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League for twelve seasons. He won the CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award in 1956 and 1957 and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[1]
Inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 1978, Vaughan was voted 41st on the CFL's top 50 players in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network TSN, one of a few players from the 1950s that was included.
Early years
Born and raised in the United States, Vaughan played high school football at Concordia Junior-Senior High School in Concordia, Kansas, and graduated in 1949.[2] He played college football at the University of Tulsa from 1950 to 1952, and was inducted into its hall of fame in 1990.[3]
Personal
Vaughan married alpine ski racer Lucile Wheeler (b.1935) of Quebec in 1960.[4] She was a double world champion in downhill and giant slalom in 1958 and won the Lou Marsh Trophy. Wheeler also won a bronze medal in downhill at the 1956 Winter Olympics and is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. For a time they lived in Ottawa, where he played football through 1964, but in 1967 moved to the village of Knowlton in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
References
- ↑ CFL.ca Network :: Official site of the Canadian Football League
- ↑ Concordia Kansas Public Schools - Where Are They Now - Kaye Vaughn - Class of 1949
- ↑ Player Bio: Kaye Vaughan
- ↑ "Kaye Vaughan weds skier Lucile Wheeler". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. June 27, 1960. p. 7.