Ernie Pitts

Ernie Pitts (March 8, 1935 – September 24, 1970) was a Canadian Football League (CFL) wide receiver and defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions in a 14-year career in the CFL from 1957 to 1970. He won four Grey Cups with Winnipeg. In August 2019 he was inducted into the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame.

College

Ernie Pitts played intercollegiate baseball and football at University of Denver.^[1]

Professional career

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Ernie Pitts was a standout

BC Lions

Pitts ended his career with the BC Lions in 1970.

Sudden death

Pitts, on September 24, 1970, was fatally shot (by a .38 caliber revolver) in the neck by his estranged wife during a domestic dispute on the porch of their home in Thornton, Colorado.^[2] They had six children. She was charged, tried for murder, and, in June 1971, acquitted, mainly for reasons of self-defense of a forcible entry by Ernie Pitts.

Family

One of Pitts brothers,

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