George Reed

George along with QB Ron Lancaser formed the George and Ronnie show. Both players came to Saskatchewan in 1963 and together they turned the fortunes of the Green Riders around. While Saskatchewan won only one Grey Cup during the careers of t his dynamic duo, they were a threat every year and brough respectibiity back to the franchise. Reed was a punishing fullback who carried defenders on his back. Very few peple this side of the legendary Calgary middle linebacker Wayne Harris could bring Reed down by himself. When the game was on the line and the Riders needed to keep control of the ball, you just knew that Reed would get the call. The opposing defense knew it too, but had little success in stopping him as he would take the ball up the middle for firstdown after firstdown. When Reed retired in 1975, he was the all-time leading rusher in CFL (and professioanl) football history. Since then, only the great MIke Pringle has surpassed Reed for most yards rushing.

GP and Rushing
Year Team GP TC YdsR AvgR TDR LR
1963 SASK 15 173 751 4.3 5 22
1964 SASK 16 185 1012 6.5 10 55
1965 SASK 16 274 1768 5.5 12 46
1966 SASK 16 286 1409 5.3 6 71
1967 SASK 16 302 1477 4.9 15 50
1968 SASK 16 288 1222 4.6 16 69
1969 SASK 16 273 1351 5 12 29
1970 SASK 12 193 821 4.3 5 21
1971 SASK 16 218 1146 5.2 12 56
1972 SASK 16 224 1609 4.8 13 59
1973 SASK 16 256 1298 4.7 12 23
1974 SASK 16 288 1447 5.6 5 26
1975 SASK 16 323 1654 4.5 11 22

Receiving
Year Team Rec YdsRec AvgRec TDRec LRec
1963 SASK 13 154 11.8 0 50
1964 SASK 30 261 8.7 0 34
1965 SASK 18 229 12.7 0 37
1966 SASK 16 174 10.9 1 45
1967 SASK 9 70 7.8 0 23
1968 SASK 17 189 11.1 0 27
1969 SASK 13 153 11.7 0 33
1970 SASK 21 198 9.4 0 36
1971 SASK 24 258 10.8 0 23
1972 SASK 36 285 7.9 0 35
1973 SASK 47 442 9.4 2 45
1974 SASK 36 223 6.2 0 19
1975 SASK 20 136 6.8 0 18

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1963 SASK 3
1964 SASK 6
1965 SASK 6
1966 SASK 7
1967 SASK 9 7
1968 SASK 5 5
1969 SASK 5 3
1970 SASK 3 2
1971 SASK 5 4
1972 SASK 5 4
1973 SASK 5 3
1974 SASK 5 5
1975 SASK 7 5

 

Passing
Year Team PA PC Comp% YdsPass TDPass IntP
1963 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SASK 3 3 1 30 1 0
1965 SASK 5 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR YdsKOR AvgKOR TDKOR LKOR
1963 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SASK 12 346 28.8 0 62
1965 SASK 10 225 22.5 0 38
1966 SASK 12 247 20.8 0 29
1967 SASK 2 42 21 0 25
1968 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SASK 2 8 4 0 4
1970 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SASK 0 0 0 0 0

Fumble Returns
Year Team FR YdsFR AvgFR TDFR LFR
1963 SASK 1
0 0 0
1964 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1965 SASK 2
0 0 0
1966 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1967 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SASK 1
0 0 0
1972 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SASK 0 0 0 0 0