Ron Stewart ( Canadian football ) Ronald L . Stewart ( born September 25 , 1934 ) is a former Canadian running back for Queen ' s University and the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League . Rough Rider career . Born in Toronto , Stewart played football at Riverdale Collegiate on Gerrard St . in Toronto and then at Queen ' s University between 1953 and 1957 , where he was the team ' s most valuable player three times and played on two Yates Cup championship teams ( 1955 and 1956 ) . He was voted MVP of the 1957 season . Ron Stewart , though smaller than most players at 5 foot 7 inches , went on to a 13 year career with the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1958 to 1970 . Stewart was an Eastern Conference all star running back in 1960 , 1961 and 1964 . Stewart played on Grey Cup winning teams in 1960 , 1968 and 1969 , and also played in the 1966 Grey Cup on the losing side . He especially starred in the 1969 Grey Cup with 2 TD receptions for 80 and 32 yards . On the 80 yarder , with the score 9 - 7 in favor of the Saskatchewan Roughriders , Jackson read the blitz from his right side and threw a screen pass to Stewart on that side , who slowed down deliberately to pick up blockers , running untouched into the end - zone for a lead his team would not relinquish on their way to a 29 - 11 victory . Stewart rushed for 5 , 690 yards on 983 attempts and tallied 42 touchdowns in his career . He capped his 1960 season by winning the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Canadian Award and by setting the CFL record for rushing yards in one game with 287 against the Montreal Alouettes on October 10 , 1960 . His totals were 139 rushes for 1 , 020 yards that year . Stewart was voted the winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as Canada ' s top male athlete of the year . Stewart has been inducted into the Queen ' s University Sports Hall of Fame , the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame , the Canadian Football Hall of Fame ( 1977 ) and Canada ' s Sports Hall of Fame ( 1989 ) . Accusations . Stewart graduated from the University of Ottawa with a law degree . After his retirement from football , he was appointed the ombudsman for the federal correction system in 1977 , which post he held until his retirement in 2003 . Since his retirement , Stewart has been the subject of an investigation by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada , Sheila Fraser . Her report of November 28 , 2006 made allegations regarding Stewart , who the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported was accused of " often skipping work and collecting $ 325 , 000 in improper or questionable salary , vacation pay and expenses during a six - year period of his 26 years in office . " The file was handed over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for investigation . The list of allegations included : - hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable payments , including money for days he spent on vacation - travel to cities hosting the Grey Cup championships that he billed as a trip taken to “ investigate inmate complaints ” - the purchase of two computers used by his family - collecting nearly $ 100 , 000 for vacation pay ( claiming he hadn ’ t taken a vacation for 14 years of his 26 - year stint as ombudsman ) - handing out performance bonuses over six years and of budget surpluses to staffers , disguised as overtime payments , that totaled over $ 260 , 000 The RCMP investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing . Mr . Stewart eventually agreed to pay back $ 77 , 500 of the money . Personal life . He is married to Wendy Stewart , a former Ottawa city councillor .