Gary Schreider

Gary Schreider
Born:	April 21, 1934; Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Died:	January 22, 2011 (aged 76); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	HB
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
College	Queen's
Career history
As administrator
1965–1970	CFLPA (President)
As player
1956–1961	Ottawa Rough Riders
1962	BC Lions
1962	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1963–1964	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards
	Yates Cup champion (1955); Grey Cup champion (1960);

Gary Edward Schreider (April 21, 1934 – January 22, 2011) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1960.^[1] He played university football at Queen's University, where he was part of the Golden Gaels' 1955 Yates Cup championship.^[2]

During the 1965 off-season, Schreider became a founding member, and first president, of the Canadian Football League Players' Association. He did not return to the CFL for the 1965 season, going on to a career as a lawyer and judge.^[2]

Schreider has been inducted into the Queen's University Hall of Fame and the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.^[3]

Schreider died in 2011 of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.^[3]

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