# Ken Arkell

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{{short description|Judge and Canadian football player}}
{{Orphan|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox CFL player
|name=Ken Arkell
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1930|12|6}}
|birth_place=[Calgary, Alberta](/source/Calgary%2C_Alberta)
|death_date=
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|import=no
|Height_ft=6
|Height_in=5
|Weight_lb=235
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|position1=[End](/source/End_(American_football))
|position2=[tackle](/source/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position))
|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1956}}–{{CFL Year|1957}}
|playing_team1=[BC Lions](/source/BC_Lions)
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'''Kenneth F. Arkell''' (born December 6, 1930) is a retired judge and former [Canadian football](/source/Canadian_football) player who played for the [Ottawa Rough Riders](/source/Ottawa_Rough_Riders) and [BC Lions](/source/BC_Lions). He played college football at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=arkelken001|title=Ken Arkell|work=StatsCrew.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAOzAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Kenneth+F+Arkell%22+born|title=The Advocate|date=8 May 1977|publisher=|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was a justice of the [Supreme Court of British Columbia](/source/Supreme_Court_of_British_Columbia) from 1990 to 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/Judges_and_Masters_of_the_Supreme_Court.aspx|title=Supreme Court - Members of the Supreme Court|website=www.courts.gov.bc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/sports/136397293.html|title=Hockey still the law for Arkell - Vernon Morning Star|date=30 December 2011|website=vernonmorningstar.com|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928003000/http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/sports/136397293.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Crown Prosecutor and was the Deputy Chief Judge of the British Columbia Provincial Court during which time he authored the British Columbia Provincial Court Act of 1975. Justice Arkell served for 30 years as judge in the Province of British Columbia. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/profile/honourable-kenneth-f-arkell|title = The Honourable Kenneth F. Arkell &#124; historyproject.law.ubc.ca}}</ref>

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Category:1930 births
Category:Living people
Category:BC Lions players
Category:Western Mustangs football players
Category:Canadian football people from Calgary
Category:Players of Canadian football from Alberta

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