Martin Ruby

PLAYING CAREER
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS 1951-1957

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE TACKLE 1953, 1954, 1956

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1951

MARTIN RUBY WAS SELECTED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE IN 1941. HE GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A & M THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND PLAYED IN THREE BOWL GAMES BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMED FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

RUBY CAME TO THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS IN 1951 AFTER PLAYING SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND THE N.Y. YANKEES. DURING HIS SEVEN YEARS WITH THE RIDERS RUBY WAS A PERENNIAL ALL-STAR AND THREE TIMES WAS CHOSEN ON BOTH THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SQUADS.

HALL OF FAME MEMBER JACKIE PARKER RATED MARTIN RUBY AS THE GREATEST TWO-WAY FOOTBALL PLAYER HE HAD EVER SEEN OR PLAYED AGAINST.

INDUCTED 1974 - PLAYER

Class of 1974 Andrew Currie, George Dixon, Bernie Faloney, W.P. "Billy" Hughes, Les Lear, Annis Stuckus