Ken Preston

PLAYING CAREER
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY    1936-1939
REGINA ROUGHRIDERS    1940, 1943
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS    1941, 1942
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS    1945
REGINA ROUGHRIDERS, PLAYER/COACH  1946-1948

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (PLAYER)   1941
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (PLAYER)   1941

EXECUTIVE CAREER
GENERAL MANAGER, SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS 1958-1978

GREY CUP PARICIPATION (EXECUTIVE)  1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1976
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (EXECUTIVE)  1966

KEN PRESTON, "THE DEAN" OF GENERAL MANAGERS, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENT FOOTBALL IN SASKATCHEWAN OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD.

PRESTON ORGANIZED A MINOR FOOTBALL PROGRAMME IN THE PROVINCE AND ARRANGED FOR CANADIAN PLAYERS TO ATTEND AMERICAN COLLEGES ON FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPS. HE WAS ADEPT AT RECRUITING GOOD TALENT ON A TIGHT BUDGET AND THE TEAM'S WINNING RECORD REFLECTED THIS ABILITY. UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION, THE 'RIDERS PLAYED IN FIVE GREY CUP GAMES, WINNING THE TROPHY IN 1966.

KEN PRESTON IS A MEMBER OF THE SASKATCHEWAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1990 – BUILDER

Class of 1990 Jim Corrigall, Dave Fennell, Eagle Keys, Marv Luster