Jack Hill (Canadian football)

Jack "the Deacon" Hill was an American running back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League.^[1]

Jack Hill

Date of birth	(1932-10-17)October 17, 1932
Place of birth	Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Date of death	September 26, 2005(2005-09-26) (aged 72)
Place of death	Kaysville, Utah, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Running Back, Kicker
US college	Utah State University
NFL draft	1956 / round: 13 / Pick 151 (By the Baltimore Colts)
Career history
As player
1957–1961	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1961	Denver Broncos
CFL West All-Star	1958
Awards	1958 - Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Hill is from Ogden, Utah, graduated from Utah State University.^[2] He joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1957, but his greatest year was 1958, when he was an all-star and scored a professional football record 145 points (16 touchdowns, 36 converts, 4 field goals and a rouge) and won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy.^[3][4] He played 3 more seasons with the Green Riders, but was hampered by injuries. His contract was sold to the Denver Broncos in 1961, where he caught 4 passes in 14 games. He later owned a car dealership in Utah.^[5]