George Festeryga | |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1926 |
Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ontario |
Death Place: | Port Perry, Ontario |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Running back |
Position2: | Defensive back |
Position3: | Quarterback |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 182 |
Playing Years1: | 1947–1948 |
Playing Team1: | Hamilton Tigers |
Playing Team2: | Montreal Alouettes |
Playing Team3: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Playing Years4: | – |
Playing Team4: | Edmonton Eskimos |
Honors: | - Grey Cup Champion |
George Festeryga (July 31, 1926 – January 7, 2010) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player.
A graduate of the Hamilton Tigers junior and senior program, the big and talented Festeryga joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1949. Playing 9 regular season games, he was an integral part of their first Grey Cup championship. He later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and finished his career in 1952 after 2 seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos.[1]
He later became a breeder of Appaloosa horses and Murray Grey cattle.