John Louis Harper (1927 – August 18, 2003) was a Grey Cup champion and All-Star Canadian Football League player. He was a halfback.
Harper started out with the Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and had an All-Star season in 1948, leading his union in scoring with 60 points and tying Virgil Wagner for the national title. The Montreal Alouettes signed him, and fellow All-Star quarterback Frank Filchock, away from Hamilton in 1949Say Filchock Gets $20,000 For 2 Seasons Ottawa Citizen, February 16, 1949 and these two stars were at the heart of the Als first ever Grey Cup victory that season.Montreal Alouettes Pack Power, Passing, Speed Ottawa Citizen, November 23, 1949 After 3 more seasons in Montreal, Harper played with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for two seasons, and finished his career with 6 games for the Toronto Argonauts in 1955. He died in 2003.
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