Former Saskatchewan Roughriders DB Dale West dies at age 84

Former Saskatchewan Roughriders DB Dale West dies at age 84

When did Dale West feel certain the Saskatchewan Roughriders were going to win their first Grey Cup? If you guessed with around six-and-a-half minutes to play in the fourth quarter of the Canadian Football League’s 1966 championship game, you are correct. That was the point where West’s teammate George Reed scored on a 31-yard touchdown run to put the “west Riders” up by 13 points on the Ottawa Rough Riders. A successful point-after convert and …

Remembering Roughriders great Dale West (1941-2026)

Saskatchewan Roughriders great Dale West, one of the most gifted athletes in our province’s history, passed away on Tuesday morning in Regina after a battle with cancer. He was 84. A 1997 inductee into the Saskatchewan Roughrider Plaza of Honour, the Cabri-born, Saskatoon-raised West was enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame (1988) and Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (1989). West joined the Roughriders in 1962 after excelling at Bedfor…