:Neil Habig

′{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1936-1992)}}

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|name=Neil Habig

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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1936|9|6}}

|birth_place=West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date= November 24, 1992 (aged 56)

|death_place= Lexington, KY

|import=yes

|position1=center

|position2=linebacker

|College=Purdue

|NFLDraftedYear=1958

|NFLDraftedRound=27

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|NFLDraftedTeam=Green Bay Packers

|career_highlights = Roughrider’s Hall of Fame

Second-team All-Big Ten (1957)

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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1958}}–{{CFL Year|1964}}

|playing_team1=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|1962}}

|CFLWestAllStar={{CFL Year|1959}}–{{CFL Year|1964}}

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Neil Habig (September 6, 1936 - November 24, 1992) was an offensive lineman and linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1958 to 1964 and was a dominant player at his position of center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/h/habig_neil.htm|title = Neil Habig}}{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=habignei001| title = Neil Habig football statistics on StatsCrew.com}}

CFL

As a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Neil Habig played center and linebacker. In 7 years (1958-1964), Habig was a CFL All-Star center once (1962, the first year this honor was awarded) and a Western conference all-star 6 times (1959-1964). As a linebacker, he was particularly adept at covering the pass, as indicated by his 10 career interceptions, including 6 in a single year (1963). Despite this prowess, his team reached the Western finals only once, in 1963, and lost to the BC Lions, so that he never played in a Grey cup game. He was replaced in 1965 by Ted Urness, a CFL All-Star center himself for the next 6 years.

References

Category:1936 births

Category:1992 deaths

Category:People from West Lafayette, Indiana

Category:Players of American football from Indiana

Category:Purdue Boilermakers football players

Category:Players of Canadian football from Indiana

Category:Canadian football offensive linemen

Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players