:Ed Vereb

{{Short description|American football player (1934–2014)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Ed Vereb 1961.jpg

| position = Halfback

| number = 20

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|05|21}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|12|18|1934|5|21}}

| death_place = Bowie, Maryland, U.S.

| high_school = Central Catholic
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

| draftyear = 1956

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 12

| college = Maryland

| pastteams =

• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1956}}, {{CFL Year|1958}}–{{CFL Year|1960}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1960}})
• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1961}})

| highlights =

• CFL West All Star (1956)
• National champion (1953)
• Second-team All-American (1955)
• First-team All-ACC (1955)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 9

| statlabel2 = Rushing yards

| statvalue2 = 38

| statlabel3 = Average

| statvalue3 = 2.0

| pfr = VereEd00

}}

Edward John Vereb (May 21, 1934 – December 18, 2014) was an American professional football halfback in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions and the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was selected in the first round of the 1956 NFL draft. He played four seasons with the B.C. Lions, being named an all-star in 1956.

In 1961, the BC Lions hired Vereb as its backfield coach.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eGBkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UHwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1232,2143757&dq=ed-vereb+coach&hl=en Skrien Head Mentor], The Calgary Herald, September 12, 1961. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=173542845|title=ED VEREB Obituary (2014) the Washington Post}}