George Festeryga
Athlete
1926 – 2010
Who was George Festeryga?
George Festeryga 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.
He later became a breeder of Appaloosa horses and Murray Grey cattle. He died on January 7, 2010, survived by his wife Barbara and his many children and grandchildren.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1926
Hamilton - Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Jan 7, 2010
Port Perry
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on July 23, 2013
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