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The following is a list of notable '''deaths in 2008'''. Names are listed by date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.
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'''Ronald "Ron" Lancaster''' ([[October 14]], [[1938]] &ndash; [[September 18]], [[2008]]<ref>http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=249878&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main</ref>) was one of the pre-eminent quarterbacks of the [[Canadian Football League]] during his playing career; later in his career, he was also coach and general manager in the same league, and a sports announcer for [[CBC Television]]. At the time of his death, he was the Senior Director of Football Operations of the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]. He is enshrined in the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] (1982), the [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] (1985) and the [[Wittenberg University]] Athletic Hall of Honour (1985).


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==Early Life==
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Lancaster was born in [[Fairchance, Pennsylvania]] but moved to Clairton, Pennsylvania as a young boy. His mother still resides in Clairton today.


==[[October 2008]]==
==Playing career==
Lancaster was a talented quarterback by the time he graduated from Clairton High School, but due to his small 5' 5" (165 cm) stature, he was ignored by most college scouts. He had a promising record at tiny [[Wittenberg University]], but no [[NFL]] teams showed any interest; however, a scout for the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] liked his on-field leadership, and Lancaster was drafted by Ottawa. <ref name="Life and Times of Ron Lancaster">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/lancaster.html|title=Life and Times: Ron Lancaster||accessdate=2008-09-21}}</ref>
[[Image:CFL Lancaster.JPG|thumb|right|Ron Lancaster, <br>Canadian Football Hall of Fame]]
During his rookie season with Ottawa in 1960, while he shared the quarterbacking duties with another future Hall of Famer, [[Russ Jackson]], Ottawa won the [[Grey Cup]]. He spent two more years with Ottawa before being traded to the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in 1963.<ref name="ticats">{{cite web|url=http://www.ticats.ca/page/ron-lancaster|title=Ron Lancaster|work=Front Office Team|publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats|accessdate=2008-09-18|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5avqBC9G2|archivedate=2008-09-18}}</ref>


"The Little General" played 16 seasons with Saskatchewan (1963-1978); he led the team into the playoffs for 14 consecutive seasons and to the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s [[Western Football Conference]] final 12 times, representing the West in the [[Grey Cup]] five times: in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, and 1976. However the Roughriders won the big game only once, in 1966, when they defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 29-14.
===[[October 13|13]]===
*[[Alexei Cherepanov]], 19, [[Russia]]n [[ice hockey]] forward. [http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252547&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl]
*[[Gérard Depardieu]], 50, [[France|French]] [[actor]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/guillaume%20depardieu%20died%20at%2038_1083358]
*[[Adam Watene]], 31, [[Cook Islands]] [[rugby league]] player, collapsed. [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/wakefield-announce-watene-death-959886.html]


The Roughriders won 170 games with Lancaster at quarterback before he retired as a player.<ref name="ticats" /> In his time with the Roughriders, the team had only one losing record, 4-11-1 in 1978, which was Lancaster's final season as a quarterback. In fact of his 19 seasons in the CFL, he had only one other losing record, in 1962 with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] at 6-7-1.
===[[October 12|12]]===


He was so dominant as a quarterback, that at the time of his death, 30 years after he retired from playing, he was still ranked in the top 3 in career stats in a number of CFL categories:
* second in touchdown passes (333, surpassed only by [[Damon Allen]])
* third in pass completions (3,384),
* third in pass attempts (6,233)
* third in yards passing (50,535)


Lancaster was a finalist for the [[Schenley Award]] as most outstanding player in 1966, 1970 and 1976, winning in 1970 and 1976.
===[[October 11|11]]===
*[[Vija Artmane]], 79, [[Latvia]]n [[actor|actress]]. [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=33646&cid=51&p=12.10.2008]
*[[William Claxton (photographer)|William Claxton]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[photographer]], complications of [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10705441?nclick_check=1]
*[[Alton Ellis]], 68, [[Jamaica]]n [[singer]], [[lymphatic cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7665594.stm]
*[[Jörg Haider]], 58, [[Austria]]n [[politician]], [[Landeshauptmann|Governor]] of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] (1989–1991, since 1999), leader of the [[Freedom Party of Austria|FPÖ]] and [[Alliance for the Future of Austria|BZÖ]], [[car accident]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7664846.stm]
*[[Ernst-Paul Hasselbach]], 42, [[Suriname]]se-born [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[television producer]], [[car accident]]. [http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread400249/pg1]
*[[Badar Munir]], 68, [[Pakistan]]i [[actor]], complications of [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.geo.tv/10-11-2008/26686.htm]
*[[Allan Spear]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], first [[openly gay]] member of [[Minnesota Senate]] (1973–2000), complications of [[heart surgery]]. [http://www.startribune.com/local/30869624.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUg:oaEQDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU]
*[[Gil Stratton]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[television]] and [[radio]] [[sportscaster]] ([[Los Angeles Rams]], [[Santa Anita Racetrack]]), [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-stratton13-2008oct13,0,7894390.story]


He was an All-Canadian in 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976 and a Western all-star in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976.<ref name="ticats" />
===[[October 10|10]]===
*[[James Benson]], 63, [[United States|American]] [[entrepreneur]] ([[SpaceDev]]), [[brain tumor]]. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/spacedev-founder-jim-benson-dies/story.aspx?guid=%7B4C6E8A24-6D53-40AD-9C48-473FE19AEC9C%7D&dist=hppr]
*[[Sid Hudson]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] player. [http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/breakingnews/entries/2008/10/10/exmajor_leaguer_sid_hudson_of.html]
*[[Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak]], 100, [[Pakistan]]i [[politician]] and [[diplomat]], after long illness. [http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55299&Itemid=2]
*[[Gerald Leeman]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[wrestler]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[silver medal]]ist (1948). [http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081013/SPORTS020703/81013031]
*[[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], 61, [[Japan]]ese [[businessman]], [[murder]] [[suspect]], [[suicide]] by [[suicide_methods#hanging|hanging]]. [http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20081011p2a00m0na015000c.html]
*[[Javad Nurbakhsh]], 81, [[Iran]]ian [[spiritual leader]]. [http://www.nimatullahi.org/]
*[[Alexey Prokurorov]], 44, [[Russia]]n [[cross-country skier]], [[car accident]]. [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g28-Sittqbk-B9U-uEqYdKj8DegA]
*[[Pierre Weil]], 84, [[France|French]]-born [[Brazil]]ian [[psychologist]], [[professor]] and [[writer]], [[respiratory failure]]. [http://www.agenciabrasil.gov.br/noticias/2008/10/11/materia.2008-10-11.7554517344/view] (Portuguese)
*[[Kurt Weinzierl]], 77, [[Austria]]n [[actor]]. [http://www.kurier.at/kultur/225942.php] (German)


In November, 2006, Lancaster was voted one of the CFL's [[TSN Top 50 CFL Players|Top 50 players]] (#7) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network [[The Sports Network]]/TSN.
===[[October 9|9]]===
*[[Gidget Gein]], 39, [[United States|American]] [[bassist]] ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]), [[drug overdose]]. [http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=6528]
<!-- I -->*[[Francisco Ibáñez San Pedro]], 60, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[actor]] and [[comedian]], complications of [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/545390.html] (Spanish)
*[[David Lett]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[winemaker]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Obit-Lett.html]
*[[Bert Loxley]], 74, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[association football|footballer]] and [[coach (sport)|manager]], after long illness. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7663061.stm]
*[[Ardeshir Mohassess]], 70, [[Iran]]ian [[illustrator]] and [[cartoonist]]. [http://www.persiancartoon.com/news.php?news_uid=3001] (Persian)
*[[Saleh al-Ogaili]], 41, [[Iraq]]i [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|MP]], [[roadside bomb]]. [http://jnews.cs.um.edu.mt/news/Iraqi_MP_killed_by_roadside_bomb.html]


===[[October 8|8]]===
==Coaching career==
Lancaster was a player-coach in the 1977 and 1978 seasons, serving as Saskatchewan's offensive co-ordinator.
*[[Daniel De Gale]], 21, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[leukemia]] [[campaigner]], after short illness. [http://info.itvlocal.com/daniel2.shtml]
*[[Bob Friend (newscaster)|Bob Friend]], 70, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[newscaster]], [[cancer]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Bob-Friend-Former-Sky-News-Presenter-Dies-Aged-70-After-Suffering-From-Cancer/Article/200810115115343?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15115343_Bob_Friend_Former_Sky_News_Presenter_Dies_Aged_70_After_Suffering_From_Cancer]
*[[Eileen Herlie]], 90, [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[All My Children]]''), complications of [[pneumonia]]. [http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/telebuddy/archives/2008/10/rip_all_my_chil.shtml]
*[[Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld]], 70, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|MP]] (1979–1997), [[cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7659745.stm]
*[[Les McCrabb]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] player. [http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2208735]


Lancaster became Saskatchewan's head coach immediately after his 1978 playing season but found "the glorious fifties and sixties were over, and he was the first Roughrider coach in sixteen years who did not have Ron Lancaster at quarterback." <ref name="mullick">Mullick, Rajeev. [http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=40 CFL Legends: Ron Lancaster]. Retrieved January 17, 2006.</ref> The Green Riders finished 2-14 in consecutive seasons and Lancaster would not coach again for 11 years.
===[[October 7|7]]===
*[[Bruce Dal Canton]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] player, [[esophageal cancer]]. [http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports/story/623808.html]
*[[Peter Copley]], 93, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. [http://www.rtforum.co.uk/read.php?id=242091]
*[[George Kissell]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[baseball coach]] ([[St. Louis Cardinals]]), [[car accident]]. [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/C8A40753ED4823BC862574DC00170C66?OpenDocument]
*[[DeWayne McKinney]], 47, [[United States|American]] [[automated teller machine|ATM]] [[entrepreneur]] [[miscarriage of justice|wrongfully convicted]] for murder, [[traffic accident]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=14870]
*[[George Emil Palade]], 95, [[Romania]]n [[cell biology|cell biologist]], [[Nobel Prize]] [[List of Nobel laureates|laureate]] ([[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]], 1974). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/health/10palade.html]


After serving as a colour commentator for ''The [[CFL on CBC]]'' for several years, he returned to the coaching ranks when he was named 12th head coach in [[Edmonton Eskimos]] history on February 4, 1991. He coached the Eskimos from 1991-1997, amassing an 83-42 regular season record and a Grey Cup win in 1993. He passed [[Hugh Campbell]] for first place on the Eskimos' list for coaching wins October 27th, 1996.
===[[October 6|6]]===
*[[Peter Avery]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[scholar]] and [[Iranian studies|Iranian specialist]]. [http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2008100903]
*[[Larry Belcher]], 61, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] (1999–2002, since 2006), [[car accident]]. [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081007/NEWS01/810070435/1008]
*[[Paavo Haavikko]], 77, [[Finland|Finnish]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], after long illness. [http://www.yle.fi/news/id103711.html]
*[[Richard Heyser]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] [[pilot]] during the [[Cuban missile crisis]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=14872]
*[[Olga Kaljakin]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[art director]], [[film poster]] designer, [[emphysema]]. [http://www.legacy.com/latimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=118641397]
<!-- K -->*[[Kim Ji-hoo]], 23, [[South Korea]]n [[actor]], [[suicide]] by [[suicide_methods#hanging|hanging]]. [http://seoulfull.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/kim-ji-hoo-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/]
*[[Nadia Nerina]], 80, [[South Africa]]n [[ballerina]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3155126/Nadia-Nerina.html]
*[[Janaka Perera]], 62, [[Sri Lanka]]n [[general]] and [[politician]], [[explosion|bomb blast]] injuries. [http://www.dawn.com/2008/10/07/top13.htm]
*[[Glenister Sheil]], 78, [[Australia]]n [[medical practitioner]] and [[politician]], [[Australian Senate|Senator]] (1974–1981, 1984–1990). [http://news.smh.com.au/national/former-senator-sheil-dies-aged-79-20081006-4uku.html]
*[[Anne Margrethe Strømsheim]], 94, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Norwegian resistance movement|resistance]] member. [http://www.bladet.no/nyheter/article3834506.ece] (Norwegian)
*[[John Young (jurist)|Sir John Young]], 88, [[Australia]]n [[jurist]], [[List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria|Chief Justice of Victoria]] (1974–1991), [[Governors of Victoria|Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria]] (1974–1995). [http://www.theage.com.au/national/traditionalist-faithful-to-spirit-of-the-law-20081009-4xlc.html?skin=text-only]


Lancaster became the 17th head coach in Hamilton Tiger-Cat history on November 26, 1997. He coached the Tiger-Cats from 1998-2003. He took the team to the Grey Cup twice (1998, 1999) winning it in 1999. On July 10, 2006 Ron Lancaster was re-hired as the teams head coach on an interim basis after the firing of coach [[Greg Marshall]].
===[[October 5|5]]===
*[[Ernest Beutler]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[hematologist]], [[lymphoma]]. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081007/news_1m7beutler.html]
*[[Kim Chan]], 93/94?, [[China|Chinese]]-born [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/arts/television/10chan.html?ref=obituaries]
*[[Leopoldo Elia]], 82, [[Italy|Italian]] [[legal scholar]], President of the [[Constitutional Court of Italy|Constitutional Court]], [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (1994). [http://ansa.it/opencms/export/site/visualizza_fdg.html_787304395.html] (Italian)
*[[Howard G. Munson]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[judge]]. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-munson1008oct08,0,2989622.story]
*[[Ken Ogata]], 71, [[Japan]]ese [[actor]] ([[The Ballad of Narayama (1983 film)|''The Ballad of Narayama'']]), [[liver cancer]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/07/worldcinema]
*[[Hans Richter (actor)|Hans Richter]], 89, [[Germany|German]] [[actor]] and [[film director|director]] (''[[Emil and the Detectives (1931 film)|Emil and the Detectives]]''). [http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,582287,00.html] (German)
*[[Lloyd Thaxton]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[television personality]], [[multiple myeloma]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-thaxton8-2008oct08,0,2214593.story]


Lancaster’s 142 career regular-season wins, place him fifth on the CFL’s career regular season wins list.<ref name="globe">[http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061011.wsptwinslist11/BNStory All-time CFL coaching wins]. Retrieved October 25, 2006.</ref>
===[[October 4|4]]===
*[[Harry Bath]], 83, [[Australia]]n [[National Rugby League|rugby league]] player and [[Coach (sport)|coach]], after long illness. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,24447751-14823,00.html]
*[[Ted Briggs]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[sailor]], last survivor of the sinking of [[HMS Hood (51)|HMS ''Hood'']]. [http://www.hmshood.com/crew/biography/tedbriggs_bio.htm]
*[[Craig Fertig]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player and [[Coach (sport)|coach]], [[kidney failure]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/04/sports/FBC-Obit-Fertig.php]
*[[Alfred Gallodoro]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[musician]], after brief illness. [http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/10/08/jazz-legend-with-deep-birmingham-connection-dies/]
*[[Levi Kereama]], 27, [[Australia]]n ''[[Australian Idol (season 1)|2003 Australian Idol]]'' [[contestant]], apparent [[suicide]] by [[Suicide_methods#Jumping|jumping]]. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=641998]
*[[Saul Laskin]], 90, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], first mayor of [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]]. [http://lakesuperiornews.info/News/SaulLaskin90Dies/tabid/748/Default.aspx]
*[[Peter Vansittart]], 88, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[writer]]. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-vansittart-influential-figure-in-english-literary-life-who-brought-an-air-of-seriousness-to-the-historical-novel-955431.html]


===[[October 3|3]]===
===Season by season results===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Zulfiqar Ahmed]], 82, [[Pakistan]]i [[cricket]]er, [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C10%5C04%5Cstory_4-10-2008_pg2_7]
|-
*[[Mahir al-Zubaydi]], [[Iraq]]i [[al-Qaeda in Iraq|al-Qaeda]] leader, [[ballistic trauma|shot]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html]
! Season !! Record !! Finish !! Playoffs
*[[Györgyi Albert]], 44, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[journalist]] and [[Infotainment|media personality]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.fn.hu/belfold/20081003/elhunyt_albert_gyorgyi/] (Hungarian)
|-
*[[Raymond Coffey]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[newspaper]] [[columnist]] ([[Chicago Sun-Times]]), complications from [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=14867]
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]'''
*[[László Csiki]], 64, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[poet]]. [http://index.hu/kultur/klassz/csiki6721/] (Hungarian)
|-
*[[Jean Foyer]], 87, [[France|French]] [[politician]], [[Minister of Justice (France)|Minister of Justice]] (1962–1967) and [[Minister of Health (France)|Minister of Health]] (1972–1973). [http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/10/03/01011-20081003FILWWW00406-mort-de-jean-foyer-ministre-de-de-gaulle.php] (French)
|[[1979 CFL season|1979]] || 2-14 || 5th in Western Football Conference || None
*[[Johnny "J"]], 39, [[United States|American]] [[hip-hop]] [[music producer|producer]], apparent [[suicide]] by [[Suicide_methods#Jumping|jumping]]. [http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/10/04/20553711.aspx]
|-
*[[Rajendra Singh Lodha]], 66, [[India]]n [[accountant]], chairman of the [[Birla Corporation]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_by_Industry/R_S_Lodha_dies_in_London/articleshow/3558504.cms]
|[[1980 CFL season|1980]] || 2-14 || 5th in Western Football Conference || None
*[[Joseph Mongiello]], 81, [[United States|American]] associate regional commissioner of [[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services|Immigration Service]], after long illness. [http://www.legacy.com/TimesUnion/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=118395821]
|-
*[[Robert Murphy (paratrooper)|Robert Murphy]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[paratrooper]] on [[D-Day]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/10/09/robert_murphy_at_83_led_paratroopers_to_d_day_site/]
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]'''
*[[Gil Rossellini]], 51, [[Italy|Italian]] [[filmmaker]], [[staphylococcal infection]]. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993389.html?categoryId=25&cs=1]
|-
*[[Francis Sayre, Jr.]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[Dean (religion)|dean]] of the [[Washington National Cathedral]] (1951–1978). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/12sayre.html]
|[[1991 CFL season|1991]] || 12-6 || 1st in West Division || 0-1
*[[George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth]], 87, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], [[businessman]] and [[journalist]], [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|MP]] (1952–1973), [[infection#Bacterial or viral|viral infection]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7652321.stm]
|-
|[[1992 CFL season|1992]] || 10-8 || 2nd in West Division || 1-1
|-
|[[1993 CFL season|1993]] || 12-6 || 2nd in West Division || 3-0, Won [[81st Grey Cup]] vs. [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
|-
|[[1994 CFL season|1994]] || 13-5 || 2nd in West Division || 0-1
|-
|[[1995 CFL season|1995]] || 13-5 || 2nd in North Division || 1-1
|-
|[[1996 CFL season|1996]] || 11-7 || 2nd in West Division || 2-1, Lost [[84th Grey Cup]] vs. [[Toronto Argonauts]]
|-
|[[1997 CFL season|1997]] || 12-6 || 1st in West Division || 0-1
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|-
|[[1998 CFL season|1998]] || 12-5-1 || 1st in East Division || 1-1, Lost [[86th Grey Cup]] vs. [[Calgary Stampeders]]
|-
|[[1999 CFL season|1999]] || 11-7 || 2nd in East Division || 3-0, Won [[87th Grey Cup]] vs. [[Calgary Stampeders]]
|-
|[[2000 CFL season|2000]] || 9-9-0-2 || 2nd in East Division || 0-1
|-
|[[2001 CFL season|2001]] || 11-7 || 2nd in East Division || 1-1
|-
|[[2002 CFL season|2002]] || 7-11-0-1 || 3rd in East Division || None
|-
|[[2003 CFL season|2003]] || 1-17 || 4th in East Division || None
|-
|[[2006 CFL season|2006]] || 4-10 || 4th in East Division || None
|}


===[[October 2|2]]===
==Broadcasting career==
CBC Television invited Lancaster to become a colour commentator on CFL broadcasts in 1980. He was part of a trio that included Don Wittman doing the play-by-play and former Argonaut head coach Leo Cahill doing colour commentary along with Lancaster. He was with the CBC from 1980-1991 and was a member of the CBC team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea as the play-by-play broadcaster for basketball.
*[[Bonnie Bluh]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[feminist]] [[writer]], [[aortic dissection]]. [http://www.legacy.com/NYTimes/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=118521026].
<!-- C -->*[[Choi Jin-sil]], 39, [[South Korea]]n [[actor|actress]], [[suicide]] by [[suicide_methods#hanging|hanging]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/02/DDUK13ADDN.DTL]
*[[Rob Guest]], 58, [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[New Zealand]] [[actor]] and [[singer]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24434440-661,00.html]
*[[Shaharom Husain]], 88, [[Malaysia]]n [[historian]]. [http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/NewsBreak/20081002182053/Article/index_html]
*[[Arnold Klayman]], 82, [[United States|American]] inventor of the [[Sound Retrieval System]]. [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20081002.LATH021&show_article=1]


===[[October 1|1]]===
==Illness and death==
In 2004, Lancaster was diagnosed with bladder cancer, but appeared to have beaten it after treatment. In 2008, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and immediately started treatment. Lancaster was positive in his outlook, stating "Five years ago, I survived a battle with cancer, and now we have another battle on our hands. The goal is to get this taken care of and move forward just like I did five years ago. We will approach this the same way as then and I thank you all in advance for your kindness as I am on my path to recovery."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=705066|title=Lancaster facing another fight with cancer|last=Masters|first=Mark|date=2008-08-06|publisher=National Post|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> Lancaster died of a heart attack <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080919.LANCASTER19/TPStory/TPComment|title=Lancaster cast a long shadow in the CFL as a Hall of Fame player, coach, GM and broadcaster|last=Maki|first=Allan|date=2008-08-19|publisher=Globe and Mail|accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = CFL fans remember Ron Lancaster | publisher = CBC Sports | date = 2008-09-19 | url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2008/09/18/ron-lancaster-fans.html | accessdate = 2008-09-25}}</ref> 6 weeks later on September 18, 2008.
*[[Robert Arthur (radio announcer)|Robert Arthur]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[radio personality]]. [http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/02/local_news/02news.txt]
*[[Audrey Blignault]], 92, [[South Africa]]n [[writer]]. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3015&art_id=nw20081001151820985C865089]
*[[Ian Collier]], [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]] and [[singer]]. [http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkkFFApEuEvxUXXoDM&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle]
*[[Robert Couturier (born 1905)|Robert Couturier]], 103, [[France|French]] [[sculptor]]. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxiPk6lTcfAD7acw846UCFmXSM-Q] (French)
*[[Boris Efimov]], 109, [[Russia]]n [[political cartoonist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/europe/05yefimov.html]
*[[Vassily Gryazev]], 80, [[Russia]]n [[weapons]] [[engineer]], [[designer]] of the [[GSh-30-1]] cannon. [http://newstula.ru/news/view/5149/] (Russian)
*[[Val Jansante]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[National Football League|football]] player ([[Pittsburgh Steelers]]). [http://www.legacy.com/PostGazette/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=118272421]
*[[Detlef Lewe]], 69, [[Germany|German]] [[Canoe racing|canoeist]], [[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympic bronze medalist]]. [http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/schwerte/2008/10/1/news-80677537/detail.html] (German)
*[[House Peters, Jr.]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] ([[Mr. Clean]]), [[pneumonia]]. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gjJByrFKgrYqZ-hscJEBr359frjgD93I5EO80]
*[[Nick Reynolds]], 75, [[United States|American]] [[folk music]]ian ([[The Kingston Trio]]), [[acute (medicine)|acute]] [[respiratory disease]]. [http://www.kingstontrio.com/html/kt_news.htm]
*[[LeJuan Simon]], 27, [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]] [[athlete]], complications of [[pulmonary hypertension]]. [http://sun-weekend.com/paper/?asw=view&asw=view&sun=101539086010032008&an=150815087110032008&ac=Sports]
*[[Poornam Viswanathan]], 88, [[India]]n [[actor]], [[multiple organ failure]]. [http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=fa13618e-bc40-426e-9be2-ad4745669ffa&CATEGORYNAME=CHN]
*[[Charles Wright (novelist)|Charles Wright]], 76, [[United States|American]] [[novel]]ist, [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/books/08wright.html?ref=obituaries]


He is survived by his wife, Bev and his three children Lana, Ron, and Bob, and four grandchildren.<ref name="cbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sportsnews/story/2008/09/18/lancaster-death.html|title=CFL icon Lancaster dies at 69|date=2008-09-18|publisher=CBC Sports|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref>
==[[September 2008]]==
''See [[Deaths in September 2008]]''.


==[[August 2008]]==
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
''See [[Deaths in August 2008]]''.


==[[July 2008]]==
==References==
* CFL Facts, Figures and Records 2007.
''See [[Deaths in July 2008]]''.
* Official WFC, EFC and CFL statistics 1960 to 1978.
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004494 The Canadian Encyclopedia]


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==[[April 2008]]==
''See [[Deaths in April 2008]]''.


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Ron Lancaster
Career history
Ottawa Rough Riders
Saskatchewan Roughriders

Ronald "Ron" Lancaster (October 14, 1938 – September 18, 2008[1]) was one of the pre-eminent quarterbacks of the Canadian Football League during his playing career; later in his career, he was also coach and general manager in the same league, and a sports announcer for CBC Television. At the time of his death, he was the Senior Director of Football Operations of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is enshrined in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1982), the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1985) and the Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Honour (1985).


Early Life

Lancaster was born in Fairchance, Pennsylvania but moved to Clairton, Pennsylvania as a young boy. His mother still resides in Clairton today.

Playing career

Lancaster was a talented quarterback by the time he graduated from Clairton High School, but due to his small 5' 5" (165 cm) stature, he was ignored by most college scouts. He had a promising record at tiny Wittenberg University, but no NFL teams showed any interest; however, a scout for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League liked his on-field leadership, and Lancaster was drafted by Ottawa. [2]

Ron Lancaster,
Canadian Football Hall of Fame

During his rookie season with Ottawa in 1960, while he shared the quarterbacking duties with another future Hall of Famer, Russ Jackson, Ottawa won the Grey Cup. He spent two more years with Ottawa before being traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1963.[3]

"The Little General" played 16 seasons with Saskatchewan (1963-1978); he led the team into the playoffs for 14 consecutive seasons and to the CFL's Western Football Conference final 12 times, representing the West in the Grey Cup five times: in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, and 1976. However the Roughriders won the big game only once, in 1966, when they defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 29-14.

The Roughriders won 170 games with Lancaster at quarterback before he retired as a player.[3] In his time with the Roughriders, the team had only one losing record, 4-11-1 in 1978, which was Lancaster's final season as a quarterback. In fact of his 19 seasons in the CFL, he had only one other losing record, in 1962 with the Ottawa Rough Riders at 6-7-1.

He was so dominant as a quarterback, that at the time of his death, 30 years after he retired from playing, he was still ranked in the top 3 in career stats in a number of CFL categories:

  • second in touchdown passes (333, surpassed only by Damon Allen)
  • third in pass completions (3,384),
  • third in pass attempts (6,233)
  • third in yards passing (50,535)

Lancaster was a finalist for the Schenley Award as most outstanding player in 1966, 1970 and 1976, winning in 1970 and 1976.

He was an All-Canadian in 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976 and a Western all-star in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976.[3]

In November, 2006, Lancaster was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#7) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network The Sports Network/TSN.

Coaching career

Lancaster was a player-coach in the 1977 and 1978 seasons, serving as Saskatchewan's offensive co-ordinator.

Lancaster became Saskatchewan's head coach immediately after his 1978 playing season but found "the glorious fifties and sixties were over, and he was the first Roughrider coach in sixteen years who did not have Ron Lancaster at quarterback." [4] The Green Riders finished 2-14 in consecutive seasons and Lancaster would not coach again for 11 years.

After serving as a colour commentator for The CFL on CBC for several years, he returned to the coaching ranks when he was named 12th head coach in Edmonton Eskimos history on February 4, 1991. He coached the Eskimos from 1991-1997, amassing an 83-42 regular season record and a Grey Cup win in 1993. He passed Hugh Campbell for first place on the Eskimos' list for coaching wins October 27th, 1996.

Lancaster became the 17th head coach in Hamilton Tiger-Cat history on November 26, 1997. He coached the Tiger-Cats from 1998-2003. He took the team to the Grey Cup twice (1998, 1999) winning it in 1999. On July 10, 2006 Ron Lancaster was re-hired as the teams head coach on an interim basis after the firing of coach Greg Marshall.

Lancaster’s 142 career regular-season wins, place him fifth on the CFL’s career regular season wins list.[5]

Season by season results

Season Record Finish Playoffs
Saskatchewan Roughriders
1979 2-14 5th in Western Football Conference None
1980 2-14 5th in Western Football Conference None
Edmonton Eskimos
1991 12-6 1st in West Division 0-1
1992 10-8 2nd in West Division 1-1
1993 12-6 2nd in West Division 3-0, Won 81st Grey Cup vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1994 13-5 2nd in West Division 0-1
1995 13-5 2nd in North Division 1-1
1996 11-7 2nd in West Division 2-1, Lost 84th Grey Cup vs. Toronto Argonauts
1997 12-6 1st in West Division 0-1
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1998 12-5-1 1st in East Division 1-1, Lost 86th Grey Cup vs. Calgary Stampeders
1999 11-7 2nd in East Division 3-0, Won 87th Grey Cup vs. Calgary Stampeders
2000 9-9-0-2 2nd in East Division 0-1
2001 11-7 2nd in East Division 1-1
2002 7-11-0-1 3rd in East Division None
2003 1-17 4th in East Division None
2006 4-10 4th in East Division None

Broadcasting career

CBC Television invited Lancaster to become a colour commentator on CFL broadcasts in 1980. He was part of a trio that included Don Wittman doing the play-by-play and former Argonaut head coach Leo Cahill doing colour commentary along with Lancaster. He was with the CBC from 1980-1991 and was a member of the CBC team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea as the play-by-play broadcaster for basketball.

Illness and death

In 2004, Lancaster was diagnosed with bladder cancer, but appeared to have beaten it after treatment. In 2008, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and immediately started treatment. Lancaster was positive in his outlook, stating "Five years ago, I survived a battle with cancer, and now we have another battle on our hands. The goal is to get this taken care of and move forward just like I did five years ago. We will approach this the same way as then and I thank you all in advance for your kindness as I am on my path to recovery."[6] Lancaster died of a heart attack [7][8] 6 weeks later on September 18, 2008.

He is survived by his wife, Bev and his three children Lana, Ron, and Bob, and four grandchildren.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=249878&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
  2. ^ "Life and Times: Ron Lancaster". Retrieved 2008-09-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Ron Lancaster". Front Office Team. Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  4. ^ Mullick, Rajeev. CFL Legends: Ron Lancaster. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  5. ^ All-time CFL coaching wins. Retrieved October 25, 2006.
  6. ^ Masters, Mark (2008-08-06). "Lancaster facing another fight with cancer". National Post. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  7. ^ Maki, Allan (2008-08-19). "Lancaster cast a long shadow in the CFL as a Hall of Fame player, coach, GM and broadcaster". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  8. ^ "CFL fans remember Ron Lancaster". CBC Sports. 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  9. ^ "CFL icon Lancaster dies at 69". CBC Sports. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coaches
1979–1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Edmonton Eskimos Head Coaches
1991–1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hamilton Tiger-Cats Head Coaches
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hamilton Tiger-Cats Head Coaches
2006 		Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Grey Cup winning Head Coach
87th Grey Cup, 1999
81st Grey Cup, 1993 		Succeeded by


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