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He attended Saint Dunstan"s University, later to become the University of Prince Edward Island, and played football from 1966 to 1969.
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Career
He is one of the few professional football players to come from UPEI. Foley was named the team’s Most Valuable Player an the top athlete for 3 consecutive years. In his junior year Foley was also Most Valuable Player of the Bluenose Conference. He was also the rushing leader with 809 yards and the rushing average leader at 9.6 yards per carry.
In his senior year, now playing for the UPEI Panthers, Foley led the league in kickoff return yards (377) and the highest kick return average.
He was also named UPEI’s first Male Athlete of the Year. Over four seasons of collegiate football, Foley scored 198 points and rushed for 2376 yards.
Jim Foley was inducted into and to the. He began his 7 year Canadian Football League career in 1971 with the Montreal Alouettes, playing 2 season with them.
He would play 5 seasons in Ottawa.
In 1976 he had 56 receptions for 847 yards and was part of the classic 1976 64th Grey Cup game victory. He was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
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