1956 Parkhurst #33: Cal Jones

Cal Jones 1956 Parkhurst football card

Cal Jones

Team: Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Position: guard

College: Iowa

Hometown: Steubenville, OH

Honors: College Hall of Fame, Outland Trophy

Jones was the first Black player to win the Outland Trophy. He also placed tenth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1955. (See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates.) Jones died in a plane crash with four members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders: Mel Becket, Mario DeMarco, Ray Syrnyk, and Gordon Sturtridge.

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