Kaye Vaughan
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Charles Kaye Vaughan is a former Canadian Football League
and Hall of Fame player
with the Ottawa Rough Riders
who won the CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award in 1956 and 1957.
Kaye Vaughan is married to former Alpine World Skiing Champion
and Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
member, Lucille Wheeler
. For a time they lived in Ottawa, Ontario where he played football but in 1967 moved to the village of Knowlton in Quebec's Eastern Townships
.
Vaughan was inducted into the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in 1978. Vaughan was voted on the CFL's top 50 players (#41) in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network TSN, one of very few players from the 1950s to be included on this list.
Vaughn played high school football at Concordia Junior-Senior High School
in Concordia, Kansas
from 1946 to 1949. He went on to play for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
from 1950 to 1952. In 1990 he was honored by being inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame.
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
and Hall of Fame player
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
with the Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...
who won the CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award in 1956 and 1957.
Kaye Vaughan is married to former Alpine World Skiing Champion
Alpine World Skiing Championships
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation . The first world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, preventing a 1940 event...
and Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." It is located at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta...
member, Lucille Wheeler
Lucille Wheeler
Lucille Wheeler, CM is a Canadian former Alpine skiing world champion. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.-Biography:Wheeler grew up in the village of Sainte-Jovite, Quebec, in the Laurentian mountains...
. For a time they lived in Ottawa, Ontario where he played football but in 1967 moved to the village of Knowlton in Quebec's Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships is a tourist region and a former administrative region in south-eastern Quebec, lying between the former seigneuries south of the Saint Lawrence River and the United States border. Its northern boundary roughly followed Logan's Line, the geologic boundary between the flat,...
.
Vaughan was inducted into the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in 1978. Vaughan was voted on the CFL's top 50 players (#41) in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network TSN, one of very few players from the 1950s to be included on this list.
Vaughn played high school football at Concordia Junior-Senior High School
Concordia Junior-Senior High School
Concordia Junior-Senior High School is located in Concordia, Kansas and is a part of Unified School District #333. It is called the "Junior-Senior" high school because the junior high school and senior high school are housed in the same building complex.-Junior High, Senior High, and Middle...
in Concordia, Kansas
Concordia, Kansas
Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. Located on the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains, Concordia was founded in 1871 and is an economic and cultural center in north-central Kansas...
from 1946 to 1949. He went on to play for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Tulsa Golden Hurricane athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports team of the University of Tulsa. These teams are referred to as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane...
from 1950 to 1952. In 1990 he was honored by being inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame.