Ron Adam

{{Short description|Canadian football player}}

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{{Infobox CFL biography

|name=Ron Adam

|image=

|import=No

|position1=Quarterback

|position2=HB

|position3=Defensive back

|birth_date= December 16, 1933

|birth_place= Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada

|death_date= October 27, 2014

|death_place= Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

|number=

|amateur_title=

|amateur_team=Saskatoon Hilltops

|high_school=

|height_ft=6

|height_in=1

|weight_lbs=190

|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1954}}–{{CFL Year|1961}}

|playing_team1=Saskatchewan Roughriders

}}

Ron Adam (December 16, 1933 – October 27, 2014){{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?pid=172983893 |title=Ronald ADAM |publisher=legacy.com |accessdate=June 8, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625142112/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?pid=172983893 |archivedate=June 25, 2016 }} was a Canadian football quarterback who played seven seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he mainly saw action as a defensive back. He played junior football for the Saskatoon Hilltops from 1951 to 1953 as a quarterback, winning a national title with the team in 1953.{{cite web | url=http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/a/adam_ron.htm | title=Ron Adam | publisher=cflapedia.com | accessdate=November 29, 2014}} The Hilltops defeated the Windsor AKO Fratmen 34–6 to win the 1953 junior football national title.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0-gwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mt4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7204,4735433&dq=ron+adam+regina&hl=en | title=Hilltops Win First Junior Grid Title | work=Ottawa Citizen | date=November 21, 1953 | accessdate=November 29, 2014}} Adam was released by the Roughriders in August 1961.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fi1gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fW8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2035,810829&dq=ron+adam+regina&hl=en | title=Adam, 2 Other Hilltops Cut By Roughriders | work=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix | date=August 7, 1961 | accessdate=November 29, 2014}}