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Rollie Miles

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Rollie Miles

Original Name
Roland Elmer
Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
17 Aug 1995 (aged 68)
Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Plot
HC.11.9.O.11
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Professional Football Player. He played as a running back for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. On August 18, 1956, against Saskatchewan, he scored a touchdown in the first quarter. Those points were the very first points scored in the newly formed CFL. After his career he was elected as a member of the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Wall of Honour.
Professional Football Player. He played as a running back for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. On August 18, 1956, against Saskatchewan, he scored a touchdown in the first quarter. Those points were the very first points scored in the newly formed CFL. After his career he was elected as a member of the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Wall of Honour.

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AND IF GOD CHOOSE, I SHALL BUT LOVE THEE BETTER AFTER DEATH

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Sep 30, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6505/rollie-miles: accessed ), memorial page for Rollie Miles (16 Feb 1927–17 Aug 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6505, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Find a Grave.