Ian Beckstead

Ian Beckstead (born September 7, 1957) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) offensive lineman who played eleven seasons in the CFL. He was part of the Grey Cup championship-winning Toronto Argonauts in 1983 and 1991. He won the Leo Dandurand Trophy in 1988.^[1]

Ian Beckstead

Profile
Position	Centre
Personal information
Born	(1957-09-07) September 7, 1957 (age 68) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
High school	Ridgemont High School (Ottawa)
CJFL	Ottawa Sooners
College	Richmond
CFL draft	1981
Career history
1981–1983	Ottawa Rough Riders
1983–1985	Toronto Argonauts
1987–1992	Toronto Argonauts
Awards and highlights
2× Grey Cup champion (1983, 1991) CFL All-Star (1988)

Beckstead was originally drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1981,^[2] and was subsequently traded to the Toronto Argonauts in 1983. He sat out part of the 1985 season and all of 1986 to complete his Master of Business Administration degree and begin working in business,^[3] but returned to the Argonauts in the 1987 season and played with them for the remainder of his career until retiring after the 1992 season. He was named an East Division All-Star in 1987 and 1988,^[3] and a league all-star in 1988. In the latter year, he won the Leo Dandurand Trophy as the Outstanding Offensive Lineman in the East,^[4] but lost to West Division's Roger Aldag for the league-wide award.^[5]