Neil Habig


Neil Habig was an offensive lineman and linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1964 and was a dominant player at his position of center.

CFL

As a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Neil Habig played center and linebacker. In 7 years, Habig was a CFL All-Star center once and a Western conference all-star 6 times. As a linebacker, he was particularly adept at covering the pass, as indicated by his 10 career interceptions, including 6 in a single year. Despite this prowess, his team reached the Western finals only once, in 1963, and lost to the BC Lions, so that he never played in a Grey cup game. He was replaced in 1965 by Ted Urness, a CFL All-Star center himself for the next 6 years.