Michael Nicholas Cacic (January 4, 1937 – January 22, 2008) was a former defensive lineman who played 10 years in the Canadian Football League for the British Columbia Lions from 1957 to 1967.
Michael Nicholas Cacic was born in Vancouver to Croatian emigrant parents, Grgur Čačić and Ana Frković. Instead of college football, Cacic played in the junior league in the Lower Mainland near Vancouver, a member of the "head hunters" on defence. In his first years as a Lion, he was plagued by injuries. As a rookie in 1957, he missed the last 4 games due to an ankle injury.[1]
In his second year, he tore ligaments in his knee and so missed the last 4 games in addition to the entire 1959 season. However, starting in 1960, he played all 16 games for 5 out of 6 years and was a western conference all-star from 1964 to 1966.[2] He was part of the Grey cup winning team of 1964. He retired in 1967.
At the end of his career, Cacic was named to the B.C. Lions 50th Anniversary Dream Team and the BC Lions Wall of Fame. His post football career involved working for the New Westminster, British Columbia school board. He spent most of life living in Surrey, British Columbia.
mike, cacic, michael, nicholas, cacic, january, 1937, january, 2008, former, defensive, lineman, played, years, canadian, football, league, british, columbia, lions, from, 1957, 1967, born, 1937, january, 1937vancouver, british, columbiadied, january, 2008, 20. Michael Nicholas Cacic January 4 1937 January 22 2008 was a former defensive lineman who played 10 years in the Canadian Football League for the British Columbia Lions from 1957 to 1967 Mike CacicBorn 1937 01 04 January 4 1937Vancouver British ColumbiaDied January 22 2008 2008 01 22 aged 71 Surrey British ColumbiaCareer informationCFL statusNationalPosition s DTHeight6 ft 4 in 193 cm Weight260 lb 120 kg Career historyAs player1957 1958BC Lions1960 1967BC LionsCareer highlights and awardsCFL All Star1964CFL West All Star1964 1965 1966Michael Nicholas Cacic was born in Vancouver to Croatian emigrant parents Grgur Cacic and Ana Frkovic Instead of college football Cacic played in the junior league in the Lower Mainland near Vancouver a member of the head hunters on defence In his first years as a Lion he was plagued by injuries As a rookie in 1957 he missed the last 4 games due to an ankle injury 1 In his second year he tore ligaments in his knee and so missed the last 4 games in addition to the entire 1959 season However starting in 1960 he played all 16 games for 5 out of 6 years and was a western conference all star from 1964 to 1966 2 He was part of the Grey cup winning team of 1964 He retired in 1967 At the end of his career Cacic was named to the B C Lions 50th Anniversary Dream Team and the BC Lions Wall of Fame His post football career involved working for the New Westminster British Columbia school board He spent most of life living in Surrey British Columbia External links EditObituaryReferences Edit 1963 Post cereal football card Mike Cacic Statistics on JustSportsStats com www justsportsstats com This biographical article relating to a Canadian football defensive lineman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Cacic amp oldid 1006623995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
