Neal Beaumont (born 1941) is a former award winning and Grey Cup champion defensive back and punter who played in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions from 1960 to 1967.
[1] A native of Vancouver, Beaumont earned a starting defensive halfback position with the Lions when he was 19 in 1960 and, along with 53 punt returns for 226 yards, was the winner of the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy for Canadian rookie of the year in the west.
This was the first time a BC Lion had won an individual CFL player award.
[2] He also has the longest interception return in CFL history, 120 yards for a touchdown, against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 12, 1963.
"The nickname CRUSHER derives from Beaumont's cannibalistic tackling tendencies, which we try not to discourage" - [4] In total he played 123 regular season games for the Lions.