John Henry White

White had a solid ten year career in the CFL, all with the BC Lions, from 1978 to 1978 to 1987.  White was a good dual purpose back who could run the ball or catchi it out of the backfield.  White never had a thousand yard season, as he generally was the #2 back in the Lions system, but he fnished his career with a more than respectable 4715 yards rushing and added 356 catches for another 3307 yards.

Games Played and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
1978 BC 7 56 270 4.9 2 42
1979 BC 16 149 776 5.2 3 52
1980 BC 16 148 834 5.6 4 38
1981 BC 16 89 482 5.4 0 41
1982 BC 16 111 624 5.6 5 24
1983 BC 14 84 441 5.3 7 30
1984 BC 16 102 623 5.1 3 42
1985 BC 16 75 265 3.5 1 17
1986 BC 18 81 402 5 2 28
1987 BC 3 19 92 4.8 0 15
Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1978 BC 21 195 9.3 0 37
1979 BC 42 422 10.1 2 84
1980 BC 43 283 6.6 1 35
1981 BC 45 386 8.6 1 27
1982 BC 38 290 7.6 1 25
1983 BC 31 404 13 1 57
1984 BC 47 492 10.5 2 66
1985 BC 44 391 8.9 0 30
1986 BC 32 310 9.7 0 36
1987 BC 13 134 10.3 0 48
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1978 BC 1 1 1
1979 BC 6 6 1
1980 BC 4 3 1
1981 BC 3 2 0
1982 BC 2 2 1
1983 BC 1 1 1
1984 BC 4 3 2
1985 BC 4 3 2
1986 BC 1 1 1
1987 BC 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1978 BC 1 18 18 0 18
1979 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BC 2 56 28 0 34
1981 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BC 3 52 17.3 0 23
1983 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BC 0 0 0 0 0

White completed one pass for six yards in 1986.