John Beaton

John Beaton was a west coast boy, born in Vancouver and playing his college ball at Simon Fraser.  Beaton started his CFL Career with Edmonton in 1973, playing there until halfway through the 1976 season when he went to Montreal.  In 1978, Beaton made his way home when he was traded to BC for Larry Uteck, and played his final three seasons with the Lions. While he didn't garner any all-star recognition, Beaton had a solid eight year career with 20 career interceptions 5 fumble recoveries.  Beaton's best season was his second in the league in 1975 when he had a career high 5 interceptions. Beaton made it to four Grey Cups.  With Edmonton, Beaton lost in both 1973 and 1974, before winning against Montreal in 1975.  Beaton got his second ring in 1977 with Montreal over his former team, the Eskimos.

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GP, Interceptions and Fumble bReturns
Year Team GP Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF
1973 EDM 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 EDM 16 5 33 6.4 0 29 0 0 0 0 0
1975 EDM 16 4 6 1.5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MON 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 EDM 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 4.5 0 9
1977 MON 9 4 11 2.8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BC 16 1 16 16 0 16 1 0 0 0 0
1979 BC 16 4 20 5 0 16 2 0 0 0 0
1980 BC 8 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

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KO and Punt Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long
1973 EDM 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1974 EDM 1 3 3 0 3 3 20 6.7 0 15
1975 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1976 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BC 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0
1980 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

John Beaton

John Beaton