George Reed had an estimated net worth of $2 million. This is from his career as a football player. He was voted one of the CFL’s Top 50 players of the league’s modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
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Reed played his entire 13-year professional football career for the CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders and his #34 jersey is one of eight that has been retired by the club.
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In 2012 in honour of the 100th Grey Cup, Canada Post used his image on a series of commemorative postage stamps. The image was also used on presentation posters and other materials to promote the Grey Cup game and other celebrations associated with the centennial.
On November 9, 2022, Globe Theatre located in Regina produced a live theatre show based on George Reed’s CFL life (1963 to 1975) in Regina. The play is written by Munish Sharma.
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