{{Short description|Canadian football player (1921–2006)}} {{Infobox gridiron football person | name = Red Nower | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = June 21, 1921 | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = September 19, 2006 | death_place = | team = | number = | status = | position1 = Fullback | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | college = none - High School of Montreal | playing_years1 = 1941 | playing_team1 = Montreal Bulldogs | playing_years2 = 1942 | playing_team2 = Rockland (QRFU Intermediate) | playing_years3 = 1944 | playing_team3 = St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy | playing_years4 = 1945 | playing_team4 = Montreal Hornets | playing_years5 = 1948–49 | playing_team5 = Montreal Alouettes | career_highlights = * 2× Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1944}}, {{CFL Year|1949}}) }}
'''Edward "Red" Nower''' (June 21, 1921 - September 19, 2006) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played fullback.<ref>'''Red Nower to Coach Eastward''' The Montreal Gazette - June 22, 1956</ref><ref>'''Playing the Field''' by Dink Carroll, The Montreal Gazette - February 24, 1944</ref>
A native Montrealer, Nower first won the Grey Cup with the champion St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy team.<ref>Montreal Alouettes Pack Power, Passing, Speed Ottawa Citizen, November 23, 1949. Note: Though Nower played with St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy, the Grey Cup game programme indicates he didn't dress for the championship.</ref> After a season with the Montreal Hornets, he joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1948 and was part of the Larks first Grey Cup championship.<ref>[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/n/nower_red.htm CFLAPEDIA entry - Red Nower]</ref> He worked with an electrical utility while playing with the Als.
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