Major Canadian Wins:Highlander Stakes (1960)Marine Stakes (1961)Manitoba Derby (1971)Toronto Cup Stakes (1971)Jockey Club Cup Handicap (1971)Leslie Lear (August 22, 1918 – January 5, 1979) was a National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) player and coach as well as an owner and trainer of Thoroughbred race horses.
Lear started his professional football career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and helped the team to two Grey Cup victories.
After his stint in the NFL, Lear returned to Canada where he coached the Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders to an undefeated season in 1948- the only CFL team to go undefeated in a season.
[2] Lear was posthumously inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
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