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Sam Adams, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
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|Samuel Houston Adams (July 25, 1928 – November 13, 2015) was an American professional football player and coach who was an end for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Playing
Adams played college football at Whitworth University. Adams played 28 games with the Lions from 1954 to 1955, catching 53 receptions for 834 yards.
Coaching
After his playing career ended, Adams returned to Whitworth as an assistant football and track coach. He was named head coach of both programs in 1958. His football teams amassed a 47–19–1 over seven seasons and won three Evergreen Conference championships. He left Whitworth in 1965 to become an assistant football coach at Washington State University. He became a full time member of the WSU faculty in 1968 and he earned his doctorate in physical education in 1969.
Later life
Adams retired in 2002 and died in 2015, aged 87.
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