predecessor successor birth_place title name birth_date term article_title birth_name occupation
keith davey allan mceachern montreal , quebec interim commissioner of the canadian football league ted workman 14 november 1967 1967 ted workman
 mark edward workman cfl executive , owner
ted workman

mark edward `` ted '' workman -lrb- born 1929 or 1930 -rrb- is a former canadian football league executive .
workman purchased controlling interest in the montreal alouettes in 1954 with minority owner léo dandurand remaining as team president .
workman replaced dandurand as team president after the 1957 season and in 1965 , he took on the addition responsibility of general manager .
the alouettes had a 50-71-5 record during workman 's tenure as team president and never finished above third place in the interprovincial rugby football union/eastern football conference .
he stepped down as team president in 1966 , but remained the alouettes principal owner until he was bought out by joe atwell in 1967 .
on february 23 , 1967 , workman was named interim commissioner of the canadian football league .
he was replaced by allan mceachern before the end of the year .
