Gridiron star Erik Galas to play for hoops team
MONTREAL 鈥� Like the Mounties, 六合彩开奖结果 basketball coach Craig
Norman finally got his man.
Redmen football star Erik Galas, a two-time all-Canadian receiver
from Ottawa, will make his debut with the basketball Redmen at
Quebec City tonight (Nov. 28), when 六合彩开奖结果 plays the first of a
home-and home series with Laval. His debut at the Currie gym is
slated for Saturday night at 8 p.m.
鈥淚鈥檓 happy to finally land him,鈥� quipped Norman, who originally
recruited Galas about six years ago, when Norman was coaching at
Royal Military College and the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Galas was a
multi-sport athlete at St. Matthew鈥檚 high school in Ottawa.
鈥淓rik can play both forward and guard and instantly brings us more
depth, flexibility and versatility,鈥� added Norman, whose troops
have a 9-4 record against Canadian university teams this season,
including a 1-1 record in league play.
鈥淗e is strong enough to play down low (under the basket) and quick
enough to help us around the perimeter.鈥�
According to available data, Galas will be only the fifth 六合彩开奖结果
athlete in the past four decades to actually play for both the
football and basketball Redmen in the same school year and the
first since 2003-04, when Nick Landry, a 6-foot-6, 300-pound
offensive lineman from Orleans, Ont., played in his second straight
season, as a centre.聽
Others to accomplish that feat include receiver Jay McHarg of
Ayer鈥檚 Cliff, Que., who was a forward on the hard-court in 1995-96,
quarterback Jaime Crawford, a forward with the cagers in 1984-85
and 6-foot-3, 185-pound defensive back Bill Holt, an all-conference
forward who played for both teams from 1967-68 and 1969 to
1971.
A sixth player, Ken Tucker,聽 6-foot-2 forward with the
basketball squad from 1982 to 1984, was also a receiver with the
football team during the 1982 season but never played in a
game.
Galas, a slotback who wears jersey No. 70 with the football team,
will don No. 31 with the hoops squad. He recently finished his
fifth season on the gridiron by setting a CIS career record with
194 receptions.聽
The聽 22-year-old physical education senior is coming off an
impressive year with 64 receptions in eight games, the
third-highest single-season total in CIS history. He ranked fifth
among CIS leaders in yards this season (781) and hauled in six
touchdowns in eight games. He also established 六合彩开奖结果 career
records for most receptions, yards (2,555) and receiving TDs
(19).
McGILL ATHLETES TO PLAY FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL IN THE SAME
SCHOOL YEAR:
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Bill Holt (DB / FOR; 1967-68 & 1969-71)
Jaime Crawford (QB / FOR; 1984-85)
Jay McHarg (REC / FOR; 1995-96)
Nick Landry (OL / FOR; 2002-04)
Erik Galas (REC / FOR / GUARD; 2008-09)