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Article: Canadian Football League round-up
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- The Ukrainian Weekly
- Article date:
- November 27, 1994
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Ihor Stelmach
Ukrainian Weekly, The
11-27-1994
Canadian Football League round-up.
Professional ice hockey is not the only major North American professional sport with a healthy dose of Ukrainian players. The Canadian professional football league, of the tackling and touchdown-making variety, ranks second in the continent in terms of active Ukrainian participation.
Interestingly enough, the participation is not limited to the players' ranks: Ukrainians also carry responsible management positions in the league's offices, as well as in several of the league's franchise cities.
Preliminary research reveals at least 11 players of Ukrainian descent on active CFL rosters this 1994 season. All 11 are ...