Walt McKee | |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1949 |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Kicker |
Position2: | Punter |
Cis: | Manitoba |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Playing Team2: | Edmonton Eskimos |
Awards: | 1972 - Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy |
Honors: | Grey Cup champion - 1975 |
Walt McKee (born June 28, 1949) is a former award winning and Grey Cup champion kicker who played in the Canadian Football League from 1972 to 1975.[1]
A graduate of University of Manitoba and member of the Bison's 1969 and 70 championship teams, McKee joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1972 and, with 108 punts for a 41.5 yard average, was winner of the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy for Canadian rookie of the year in the west.[2] He was second in the league in punting average the next 2 seasons (with 44.2 and 41.8 yards.) He also was a place kicker, handling kickoffs but making only 27 of his 69 field goal attempts. He finished his career with the Edmonton Eskimos, playing 6 games and punting 36 times for a 41.8 yard average in 1975, the year they won the Grey Cup.[3]