GARNER, N.C. (AP) — Bill Stanton, a defensive and offensive lineman on the Ottawa Rough Riders team that won Canada’s Grey Cup in 1951, has died. He was 86.
Stanton died Sunday at his home in Garner. The Bryan-Lee Funeral Home did not give a cause of death.
Stanton spent three seasons, from 1950-52, with the Rough Riders. He also played for the 1949 Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference.
Stanton fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II and was awarded a Bronze Star. He became an associate professor of forestry at North Carolina State.
