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Ed Vereb
Edward John
Vereb
was an
American football
halfback
in the
Canadian Football League
with the
BC Lions
and the
National Football League
for the
Washington Redskins
. He played
college football
at the
University of Maryland
and was
drafted
in the first round of the
1956 NFL Draft
. He played
4 seasons
with the B.C. Lions, being named an all-star in 1956.
In
1961
, the BC Lions
hired
Vereb as its
backfield coach
. He
died
from
complications
of
Alzheimer's disease
in
2014
.