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Keith Spaith was an award winning, Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian football player for the Calgary Stampeders from 1948 to 1954. Spaith played his college football first with Saint Mary's College of California and then later transferred to University of Southern California. In 1947 he played one season in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, with Hawaiian Warriors. His team finished 7–2 and won the league title, but was rocked with scandal when it was discovered players had bet on games. Spaith was one of 14 suspended.

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rdfs:comment	Keith Spaith was an award winning, Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian football player for the Calgary Stampeders from 1948 to 1954. Spaith played his college football first with Saint Mary's College of California and then later transferred to University of Southern California. In 1947 he played one season in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, with Hawaiian Warriors. His team finished 7–2 and won the league title, but was rocked with scandal when it was discovered players had bet on games. Spaith was one of 14 suspended.
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Birth Date	1923-04-08(xsd:date)
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Name	Keith Spaith Spaith, Keith
Date of Death	1976(xsd:integer)
Birth Place	Dainuba, California
College	University of Southern California Saint Mary's College of California
Awards	19481949(xsd:integer)
death date	March 1976
playing teams	Calgary Stampeders Hawaiian Warriors
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Place of Birth	Dainuba, California
CFLAllStar	194849(xsd:integer)
playing years	1947(xsd:integer) 1948(xsd:integer)
Career Highlights	Y
Position	Quarterback Punter
Honors	1948(xsd:integer)
Date of Birth	1923-04-08(xsd:date)
Short Description	Canadian football player
abstract	Keith Spaith was an award winning, Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian football player for the Calgary Stampeders from 1948 to 1954. Spaith played his college football first with Saint Mary's College of California and then later transferred to University of Southern California. In 1947 he played one season in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, with Hawaiian Warriors. His team finished 7–2 and won the league title, but was rocked with scandal when it was discovered players had bet on games. Spaith was one of 14 suspended. He joined the Calgary Stampeders in 1948 and his first two seasons were the stuff of legend. In his rookie season he led the Stamps to an undefeated 12–0 record (the last team in Canadian professional football to do so) and won the Grey Cup. In that victory he played all 60 minutes, and even intercepted a pass. He was also was an all-star and winner of the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy as best player in the west. In 1949 the Cowboys went 13–1, but lost the Grey Cup to the Montreal Alouettes. Regardless, once again Spaith was an all-star and MVP award winner. The Stamps, under his leadership, had a 25-win and 1-loss regular season record in his first two years. Spaith played five more seasons with Calgary. He completed 555 of 1166 passes for 8906 yards, with 23 touchdown passes and 52 interceptions. He also punted 397 times. After his football career, he returned to the United States and worked in the construction business. He and his wife Betty and two sons and a daughter. His oldest son, Robert Spaith is a well known sculpter in Alberta, Canada. He died, age 52, in March 1976. In 2002 he was inducted into the Stampeders Alumni Wall of Fame.

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