Mike Cassidy (Canadian football)

{{Short description|American athlete}}

{{Infobox CFL player

|name=Mike Cassidy

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|birth_date={{birth date|1926|4|21}}

|birth_place=Ohio, United States

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|3|30|1926|4|21}}

|death_place=Florida, United States

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|import=yes

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=3

|Weight_lbs=210

|position1=Tackle

|position2=Guard

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|CFLWestAllStar={{CFL Year|1948}}, {{CFL Year|1949}}, {{CFL Year|1950}}, {{CFL Year|1953}}, {{CFL Year|1954}}

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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1948}}–{{CFL Year|1955}}

|playing_team1=Saskatchewan Roughriders

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Francis Quinn "Mike" Cassidy (April 21, 1926 – March 30, 2011)[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/national-cremation/obituary.aspx?n=Francis-Cassidy&lc=2784&pid=149836489&mid=4616862 Francis Cassidy Obituary] was an American and Canadian football player who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=cassimik001| title = Mike Cassidy football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} A native of Bellaire, Ohio,{{cite news|title='Riders sign Bowl gridder|date=May 1, 1948|page=16|newspaper=Leader-Post|location=Regina, Saskatchewan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36389721/the_leaderpost/|access-date=September 26, 2019}} {{free access}} Cassidy played college football at the University of Alabama.http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/traditions_alabama/player_detail.php?id=227 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} In 1994, he was included on the Roughriders' Plaza of Honour.{{cite web|url=http://www.riderville.com/page/plaza_of_honor_by_sasktel |title=Saskatchewan Roughriders |access-date=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305145416/http://www.riderville.com/page/plaza_of_honor_by_sasktel |archive-date=2012-03-05 }} He lived in Neffs, Ohio.