PLAYING CAREER
BC LIONS 1972 – 1973
EDMONTON ESKIMOS 1973 – 1982

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE END 1977, 1980
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE END 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980
MACK TRUCK AWARD 1977

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
GREY CUP WINING TEAM 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

RON ESTAY BEGAN HIS FOOTBALL CAREER WITH LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.  IN 1972, HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE DENVER BRONCOS IN THE EIGHTH ROUND AND WAS PICKED UP LATER THAT YEAR BY THE BC LIONS.  THIS OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE END WAS TRADED TO THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS MIDWAY THROUGH THE 1973 SEASON WHERE HE STAYED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1982.

RON ESTAY WAS THE TEAM’S DEFENSIVE CAPTAIN FROM 1973 TO 1976 AND EXCELLED IN THIS POSITION.  AMONG HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM, ESTAY TIED THE CFL RECORD IN 1974 WITH THE MOST SACKS IN A GAME WITH FIVE. 

ESTAY WAS A TWO-TIME ALL-CANADIAN AND A FOUR-TIME ALL-WESTERN.  HE PLAYED IN NINE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WAS ON THE WINNING END SIX TIMES.  RON ESTAY IS A MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME AND THE ALBERTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 2003 – PLAYER

Class of 2003 Ed Henick, George McGowan, Dave Ridgway, Chris Walby