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Canadian football player and murderer (1929–2023)

Ray Enright
Born:(1929-06-15)June 15, 1929
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died:August 4, 2023(2023-08-04) (aged 94)
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Career information
CFL statusNational
Position(s)HB, E
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
CollegeNorth Dakota
Career history
As player
19511953Edmonton Eskimos
1954BC Lions

Raymond Leo Enright (June 15, 1929 – August 4, 2023) was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. He played college football at the University of North Dakota.

In 1981, Enright was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the August 8, 1980 shooting death of Suzanne Meloche at a Calgary restaurant. Held at the William Head Institution, he was paroled in 2001. Enright died on August 4, 2023, at the age of 94.

References

  1. "Ray Enright football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. "1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. "Friends mourn woman found dead in bar fire". Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. How a football star became a murderer: Slade, Daryl. Calgary Herald 14 Mar 1997: B.5.
  5. Judge who was given 24-hour police protection won DFC as bomber pilot Fedori, Kathy. The Globe and Mail 06 June 2007: S.9.
  6. Raymond Leo Enright
BC Lions 1954 inaugural season roster


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