Ed Mularchyk

Ed Mularchyk
Date of birth December 14, 1933
Date of death May 5, 1992
Place of death Windsor, Ontario
Career information
Position(s) Kicker, End
CJFL Windsor AKO Fratmen
Career history
As player
1955 Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards
Awards 1955 - Gruen Trophy

Ed Mularchyk is a former award winning Canadian Football League player.

Mularchyk played with Windsor AKO Fratmen,[1] helping win the national Junior championship in 1954 (against the Winnipeg Rods).[2] He played one season with the Ottawa Rough Riders and won the Gruen Trophy as Canadian rookie of the year in the east, though there was some controversy surrounding his selection.[3] He later attended the University of Western Ontario, playing football[4] and becoming and ophthalmologist.[5]

References

  1. Windsor AKO Fratmen
  2. Winnipeg Bows in Junior Final Leader-Post, November 22, 1954
  3. Kinsella's Corner: Rookie of the Year isn't eligible to win, by Jack Kinsella, Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 1958. NOTE: Though Mularchyk won the Gruen Trophy as a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders, there seems to be no record of him having played a regular season game for Ottawa.
  4. Stu McNiell still a Pro Windsor Star, November 1, 1961
  5. DEATHS * AVIS DE DECES, Canadian Medical Association Journal 1992; 147 (9), November 1, 1992.
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