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“Remembering a Legendary Duo: Paying Tribute to Rough Riders Kaye Vaughan and Joe Moss, Who Passed Away in the ’90s”

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Joe Moss coaching staff, assistant defensive back for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1996 Photo by Bruno Schlumberger /Postmedia

Over the years, Kaye Vaughn has been a lot of things.

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First, he was a damn good football player. An all star. The best of the best. A hall of fame. But Kaye Vaughan didn’t end with the football stuff; He was so much more than what he showed all those years of double duty on a football field. Teacher. Coach. Husband. Father. Grandfather. great grandfather. And he was humble. Yes, in the end, with all the accolades he’s received in his 91 years of life, he never got too big for his pants. He never addressed the many good things he had accomplished in his life.

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Vaughan, an outstanding offensive/defensive lineman and multiple All-Star who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1953-1964, died Sunday. It was the second major blow to Ottawa’s sports community, which a few days earlier lost former Riders coach Joe Moss, who died last Tuesday at the age of 92.

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Let’s start with Vaughan. In 1953 he was selected in the 12th round of the NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. He was named CFL Outstanding Lineman in 1956 and 1957 and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1978. A TSN poll ranked him 41st on their list of the 50 greatest players of all time. He really was a legend.

Vaughan bounced back from a fumble for the crucial touchdown in the fourth quarter of Ottawa’s 1960 Gray Cup win. it was the only touchdown of his career. Vaughan was inducted into the TD Place Wall of Honor in 2019.

In 1967 Vaughan and his wife Lucile (a Canadian Sports Hall of Fame skier) moved to the Eastern Townships (Knowlton) where he worked for 23 years as a teacher, coach, consultant and board secretary before retiring in 1990 They had two children – Myrle and Jake.

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Moss was selected by the LA Rams in the 1952 NFL Draft and played for the Washington Redskins for one season. He then played with the Rough Riders for a year before heading south to train at the US college level for several years.

Moss’ coaching stints in the CFL were Saskatchewan, Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa. Moss took over as Argos head coach midway through the 1974 season following the sacking of John Rauch. He posted a 3-5-1 record before being replaced by Russ Jackson but stayed on as defensive coordinator for two more seasons.

Moss was the head coach of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees in 1982. The next season he was defensive coordinator for the Argos as they won the Gray Cup. Moss was hired as the Riders’ head coach in 1985, posting a 7-9 record and making the playoffs. He was fired late the next season with the team at 3-10. Moss continued to coach in the CFL through 1997; In 1996 he was Ottawa’s defensive coordinator. He ended his coaching career in the Arena Football League.

Moss is survived by his daughter Nancee Kemper and son Joseph Moss II.

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