Galen Wahlmeier

Galen Wahlmeier (February 19, 1934 – July 26, 2018) was a Canadian football player who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[1] He won the Grey Cup with them in 1966.[2] He played college football at University of Kansas. In 1985, he was in a movie called Shipbuilder.[3] Wahlmeier later served as mayor of Estevan, Saskatchewan. In 2018, he died in Kipling, Saskatchewan.[4][5]

Galen Wahlmeier
Born:(1934-02-19)February 19, 1934
Jennings, Kansas, U.S.
Died:July 26, 2018(2018-07-26) (aged 84)
Kipling, Saskatchewan, Canada
Career information
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)C/LB
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career history
As player
1957–1967Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey cup champion (1966)
CFL East All-Star1957

References
  1. "Galen Wahlmeier football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. "CFL Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  3. "Shipbuilder (Short 1985) - IMDb". IMDb.
  4. "Galen Wahlmeier, a longtime Saskatchewan Roughrider who became Estevan's mayor, has died - SaskToday.ca".
  5. "Galen Wahlmeier Obituary - Kipling, SK".


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