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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1933–2014)}}
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{{Infobox CFL biography
|name=Buddy Leake
|image=
|position1=Running back
|position2=Quarterback
|position3=Kicker
|number=22
|College=[[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1933|5|25}}
|birth_place=[[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2014|2|18|1933|5|25}}
|death_place=[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], U.S.
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| NFLDraftedYear    = 1955
| NFLDraftedRound   = 3
| NFLDraftedPick    = 29
| NFLDraftedTeam    = [[Green Bay Packers]]
|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1955}}–{{CFL Year|1957}}
|playing_team1=[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
|career_highlights=
* [[Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy]] (1956)
* First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Seven]] ([[1954 All-Big Seven Conference football team|1954]])
* Second-team All-Big Seven ([[1951 All-Big Seven Conference football team|1951]])
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}}
'''John E.''' "'''Buddy'''" '''Leake, Jr.''' (May 25, 1933 – February 18, 2014) was an American [[quarterback]] and [[placekicker|kicker]] with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL).<ref>[http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=L Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alumni all-time roster] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004080007/http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=L |date=October 4, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="newsok article">{{cite web|last=Tramel |first=Berry |url=http://newsok.com/oklahoma-football-former-sooner-buddy-leake-dies/article/3935267 |title=Oklahoma football: Former Sooner Buddy Leake dies |publisher=News OK |access-date=2014-02-21}}</ref>
Leake was a star player with the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]].<ref>[http://okcfriday.com/southern-fried-sooner-buddy-leake-was-almost-a-cornhusker-p321.htm Southern Fried Sooner Buddy Leake was almost a Cornhusker]</ref> He played in Canada with the Blue Bombers for 3 seasons, his best being 1956, when he scored 103 points (10 touchdowns, 30 converts, 4 field goals, 1 single) and won the [[Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy]].<ref>1956 CFL Record Book</ref>
After leaving football, Leake raised his 8 children with his wife, Carolyn in Memphis, Tennessee before eventually moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1979. On February 18, 2014, Leake died at the age of 80 in Oklahoma City.<ref name="newsok article"/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?pid=169783965| title = JOHN LEAKE Obituary (2014) - Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoman}} </ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Memphis, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Oklahoma Sooners football players]]
[[Category:Canadian football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players]]