PLAYING CAREER
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS  1959 – 1968
EDMONTON ESKIMOS   1969

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE  1963
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE GUARD  1964, 1965, 1966
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE GUARD  1964, 1965, 1966

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1966, 1967
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS   1966

AL BENECICK JOINED THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS VIA THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES’ CAMP IN MID-1959, FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.

BENECICK WAS A TOUGH OFFENSIVE GUARD AND TACKLE WHO COMMANDED RESPECT FROM FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE.  DURING TEAM DRILLS IN 1965, TEAMMATES WERE RELUCTANT TO LINE UP OPPOSITE BENECICK PREFERRING TO PRACTICE AGAINST A LESS DIFFICULT OPPONENT.  HE WAS THE CLUB’S NOMINEE FOR THE SCHENLEY OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD ON THREE OCCASIONS.  HE APPEARED IN THE 1966 AND 1967 GREY CUP GAMES, CELEBRATING VICTORY WITH THE TEAM IN 1966, SASKATCHEWAN’S FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP.  HE COMPLETED HIS STELLAR CAREER IN EDMONTON WHERE HE PLAYED FOUR GAMES BEFORE DECIDING TO RETIRE.

AL BENECICK WAS INDUCTED TO THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS’ PLAZA OF HONOUR IN 1991.

INDUCTED 1996 – PLAYER

Class of 1996 Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Bill Clarke, Frank Gibson, Danny Kepley