Brian Fryer Brian Fryer ( born July 16 , 1953 ) is a retired football player who starred at wide receiver for the University of Alberta , and played professionally for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and the Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League . Strathcona High School ( 1968 - 1971 ) . Fryer was a three sport athlete at Strathcona High School in Edmonton from the fall of 1968 to the spring of 1971 , starring on the Lords ’ football , basketball and track and field teams all three years . As an intermediate boy in his grade 11 year at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial track and field meet in Calgary , Fryer won and set the ASAA record for the 120 yard hurdles with a time of 14 . 4 seconds . The following year at the provincial championship in Edmonton , Fryer once again won the 120 yard hurdles , setting a new record of 14 . 2 seconds . He also smashed the records in both the long jump ( 7 . 08m ) and triple jump ( 13 . 8m ) , setting standards that stood for almost two decades before being surpassed . In total Fryer won four gold medals and set three provincial records in ASAA competition . In his last year Fryer was awarded the Most Outstanding Athlete award . University of Alberta ( 1972 - 1975 ) . From 1972 to 1975 Fryer was a dominant wide receiver for the University of Alberta football team . In his first season the Alberta Golden Bears went 9 - 1 and beat Waterloo Lutheran University ( now Wilfrid Laurier University ) 20 - 7 for the Vanier Cup symbolizing Canadian University football supremacy . On October 12 , 1974 , Fryer set a single game Canadian Interuniversity Sport record with 227 yards receiving against the University of Calgary . In 1974 he set a single season CIS record with 58 receptions , and recorded the first 1000 yard receiving season in CIS history with a record 1068 yards . In addition he scored 16 touchdowns , including a CIS record 14 receiving touchdowns . His total of 16 touchdowns on the season was the third highest total in a single season , behind Paul Brule ’ s 25 touchdowns at St . Francis Xavier University in 1967 and Brule ’ s 20 touchdowns at St . FX in 1966 . He finished 1974 as an all Canadian all - star and was nominated as the Canada West ' s nominee for the Hec Creighton Trophy . In 1975 Fryer made 51 receptions for 943 yards during the season and won the Hec Crighton Trophy awarded annually to the most outstanding football player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport . As well , he was on the all Canadian all star team . Fryer finished his career at the University of Alberta with the CIS records for most receiving yards in a game , a season and a career , and the records for most receptions in a season and a career , and the most receiving touchdowns in a season . He made a record 136 career receptions , for a record 2655 career yards receiving . His career total of 34 touchdowns was second on the CIS career list to the 51 scored by Paul Brule at St . Francis Xavier University from 1964 - 1967 . His career total of 20 receiving touchdowns tied him for second all - time with Mike Kirkpatrick of Saint Mary ' s University ( Halifax ) , six behind Eric Walter ’ s record 26 at McGill University . This was quite an accomplishment considering he was only a starting receiver for only two years ( 1974 / 75 ) . Fryer also totaled 1068 rushing yards and 505 kickoff return yards during his four years at Alberta . Accomplishments were : 2 Time Western and All Canadian All - Star . 1974 Canada West Hec Crighton nominee . 1975 Winner of the Hec Creighton Trophy as the most outstanding football player in CIS . 1975 Winner of the University of Alberta Wilson Challenge Trophy as the most outstanding male athlete . 1983 . . . Initial inductee into the University of Alberta Sports Wall of Fame . Washington Redskins ( 1976 - 1978 ) . Fryer ’ s accomplishments at the University of Alberta caught the attention of Bob Windish , the director of player personnel for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League . After watching Fryer at a practice in September 1975 he passed a report on to Alouettes head coach Marv Levy . Levy , who was once an assistant with the Washington Redskins of the NFL , told Redskins head coach George Allen ( American football coach ) that Fryer was a player with NFL potential . Redskins director of player personnel Tim Temerario and director of college scouting Mark Allman paid visits to Alberta that winter to assess Fryer ’ s abilities . As a result , the Redskins selected Fryer with the 234th pick in the 8th round of the NFL draft on April 8th 1976 . As an Edmonton - born and trained player , Fryer ’ s CFL negotiating rights were held by the Edmonton Eskimos by territorial exemption , but the Redskins easily exceeded the Eskimos ’ top offer of around $ 100 , 000 . On April 28 Fryer signed a three - year contract with Washington for $ 155 , 000 , plus a $ 15 , 000 signing bonus and a new car , making him the first Canadian born player trained at a Canadian university to be drafted , signed by an NFL club and make a team as a rookie . Fryer was one of 34 rookies at the Redskins training camp that summer , but the only one who made the team . He caught seven passes for 110 yards and scored one touchdown in pre - season exhibition play and was slotted into the lineup as a special teams player . Fryer returned nine kickoffs for 166 yards in four NFL regular season games before strained ligaments in his knee ended his season . They would be the only four NFL regular season games Fryer would play . He spent the 1977 season rehabbing on the practice roster , before parting ways with the team in 1978 . CFL career ( 1978 - 1985 ) . Fryer continued his pro career in the CFL with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1978 . The Eskimos were a league powerhouse that had played in the Grey Cup championship game in four of the previous five seasons , and were loaded with star players including running back Jim Germany , receiver Waddell Smith and future Hall of Famers Tom Wilkinson ( Canadian football ) and George McGowan . In 1978 two more future Hall of Famers were added to the roster in receiver Tom Scott ( Canadian football ) and future NFL great Warren Moon . As a result , Fryer ’ s contributions to the Eskimos ’ Grey Cup winning 1978 season were minimal ; he played in nine of the team ’ s 16 games and caught 20 passes for 293 yards and one touchdown . Fryer ’ s opportunities were reduced again during the 1979 season , as future Hall of Famer Brian Kelly ( Canadian football ) joined Smith and Scott to form the most dangerous receiving corps in the league . Fryer appeared in only two games as the Eskimos won a second consecutive Grey Cup . Injuries to Smith and Scott allowed Fryer to become a more regular contributor to the Eskimos during the 1980 season . He appeared in 15 games and caught 23 passes for 408 yards and two touchdowns . In the post - season he caught four passes for 77 yards as Edmonton won its third consecutive Grey Cup , 48 - 10 over the Hamilton Tiger - Cats . In 1981 Scott , Kelly and Smith caught passes for 3982 yards as the trio combined with Wilkinson and Moon in an unprecedented aerial assault on CFL defences . The team went 14 - 1 - 1 and won their fourth Grey Cup in four years , but Fryer only appeared in one game all season , catching a single pass for 11 yards after being in a season - ending injury the first game of the season . Fryer had his finest pro year in 1982 , as the dangerous receiving trio of Scott , Kelly and Smith became a quartet . Fryer made 55 catches for 812 yards and a pair of touchdowns , and made four receptions for 55 yards in the Grey Cup game as the Eskimos won an unprecedented fifth consecutive championship . Fryer had 46 receptions for 639 yards in Moon ’ s final CFL season of 1983 , and had 464 yards in 1984 . He appeared in eight games for Edmonton in 1985 before finishing the season , and his pro career , with three games for the Ottawa Rough Riders . His CFL totals in 83 regular season games over eight years are 179 receptions , 2670 yards and seven touchdowns . After football . Since his retirement in 1985 , Brian has been employed as the Executive Director of Football Alberta . Fryer was announced for induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on February 21 , 2013 in recognition of his CIS playing career with the Alberta Golden Bears . Fryer was inducted into the Alberta Schools Athletic Association Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and inducted into the City of Edmonton ' s Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 . As well he is inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame as part of the team awards for winning the Grey Cup 5 years in a row ( 1978 - 82 ) .