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The Calgary Stampeders lost another member of their championship family.
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Terry Wilson, who played five seasons for the team in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was a member of the Red and White’s Grey Cup winning team of 1971, died Wednesday after a long illness.
He was 83.
A defensive back, Wilson joined the Stampeders in 1968 after four years with the Edmonton Eskimos and played 76 regular-season contests for the Calgary franchise through the 1972 campaign. He had 16 interceptions as a member of the Stampeders, including a team-leading seven picks in 1970.
Wilson played a key role for the Stamps in the 1971 playoffs, as he had an interception against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the first game of the best-of-three West Division final and three tackles, a forced fumble and a pass knockdown in the Grey Cup victory over the Toronto Argonauts.
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Born in Montreal and raised in California, Wilson played football and baseball at Stanford University before turning pro. He attended Stanford on an academic scholarship and earned a degree in civil engineering.
He is survived by his sister, Norma, his brother, Brian, his wife, Nancy, and their five children — Kimberley, Jeffery, Kathie, Ken and Leah — as well as 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
STAMPS SIGN RUNNING BACK
Stampeders have signed rookie sizy running back Deshaun Fenwick.
The 6-foot-1, 223-lb. native of Louisville, Ky, Fenwick attended the 2024 training camp of the NFL’s New England Patriots and later was added to the practice squad of the Green Bay Packers.
Fenwick, 25, concluded his university career with three seasons with the NCAA’s Oregon State Beavers and had 1,516 career rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns, as well as 17 receptions for 105 yards and two majors.
Fenwick transferred to Oregon State after playing 15 games in three years with the NCAA’s South Carolina Gamecocks, with whom he had 523 rushing yards and two touchdowns, as well as 14 catches for 108 yards.
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