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On December 9, 1956, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crashed, well in excess of cruising speed, head-on into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack, British Columbia, killing all 59 passengers and 3 crew members on board. It was, at the time, Canada's worst aircraft disaster.

Several passengers were returning from the Canadian all-star game, which had been played in Vancouver. On board were four members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders (Mel Beckett and Gordon Sturtridge, who played in the all-star game, and Mario DeMarco and Ray Syrnyk who were spectators) and one member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Cal Jones, who played in the game). The loss of the four players took the Saskatchewan Roughriders several years to overcome.

Technically, however, they were not "CFL" players, because the CFL was not founded until 1958.

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