Mike Strickland

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1951)}}

{{For|other people named Mike Strickland|Michael Strickland (disambiguation){{!}}Michael Strickland}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Mike Strickland

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|8|11}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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| team =

| number = 14, 4, 34

| status = Retired

| import = yes

| position1 = Running back

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 178

| college = Eastern Michigan

| NFLDraftedYear = 1975

| NFLDraftedRound = 14

| NFLDraftedPick = 363

| NFLDraftedTeam = Minnesota Vikings

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1975}}–{{CFL Year|1977}}

| playing_team1 = BC Lions

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1978}}–{{CFL Year|1979}}

| playing_team2 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| career_highlights =

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1978}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1976}}, {{CFL Year|1978}}

| awards = 1978 Eddie James Memorial Trophy

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Mike Strickland (born August 11, 1951) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) running back. He played for the BC Lions from 1975 through 1977, and for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1978 and 1979.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/football/cflrecords/cflindrecords3.htm|title = Canadian Football League (CFL) Records}} He was an All-Star in 1976, and won the Eddie James Memorial Trophy that same season.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Mike has lived in Saskatchewan except for one move to Prince George, British Columbia. He and his wife have two daughters and a granddaughter. Mike has retired from his work at BayerCrop Science.[https://sachm.org/virtual-museum/category/mike-strickland Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum]

Mike coached ladies touch football; high school football at Sheldon-Williams Collegiate and F.W. Johnson Collegiate in Regina and North Battleford Comprehensive High School. He has coached with Sask Sport and coached baseball at Robert Usher Collegiate.