George Reed was a professional Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League. Reed was a running back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for 12 years from 1963 until 1975. When he retired, he held career records in rushing yards (16,116) and touchdowns (134). His rushing yards total has since been surpassed by National Football League stars Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton, and, in 2004, CFL star Mike Pringle. George Reed still holds the CFL rushing TD record. This article or section should be merged with Comparison of Canadian and American football Canadian football is a form of football closely related to American football in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (100. ... The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue Canadienne de Football) is a professional league located entirely in Canada that plays Canadian football. ... High school running back A running back, halfback or tailback is the position of a player on an American football team who lines up in the offensive backfield. ... The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. ... A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football, in which the ball carrier causes the football to break the plane of the end zone, thus earning 6 points for his team (in both codes). ... NFL logo The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most popular professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. ... Emmitt Smith Emmitt James Smith III (b. ... Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1954 - November 1, 1999) was an American football player who held the career record for most yards gained by a running back until 2002 when Emmitt Smith broke his record. ... Mike Pringle MSP (b. ...
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