PLAYING CAREER
EDMONTON ESKIMOS  1951-1961

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN RUNNING BACK 1952, 1953, 1954
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE BACK  1954, 1955, 1956
ALL-WESTERN LINEBACKER  1958, 1959

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS  1954, 1955, 1956

ROLLIE MILES WAS AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AT ST. AUGUSTINE COLLEGE, PARTICIPATING IN BASKETBALL, BASEBALL,  AND TRACK AND FIELD. HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1951 INTENDING TO PLAY BASEBALL, BUT WAS PURSUED BY HALL OF FAME MEMBER AND GM OF THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS ANNIS STUKUS UNTIL HE AGREED TO PLAY FOOTBALL.

MILES WAS A GREAT TWO-WAY PLAYER AND RECEIVED ALL-STAR RECOGNITION AT THREE POSITIONS. HE RETURNED 279 PUNTS FOR 2,085 YARDS; 88 KICKOFFS FOR 2,131 YARDS; INTERCEPTED 38 PASSES FOR 547 YARDS, AND EVEN DID SOME PUNTING AS WELL. HE WAS SELECTED THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER ON THE TEAM THREE TIMES, AND HELD A NUMBER OF CLUB RECORDS. THE ESKIMOS WERE A DYNASTY IN THE 1950'S AND GREAT PLAYERS LIKE ROLLIE MILES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

INDUCTED 1980 - PLAYER

Class of 1980 Johnny Metras, Virgil Wagner, Harvey Wylie