Career
He was a Canadian Football League All-Star in 1982. Phason was drafted by the NFL out of the University of Arizona and, in 1974, he joined the San Diego Chargers. His football career eventually took him to Canada and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, then back to the NFL and the Green Bay Packers.
Phason was paralyzed from the chest down in a November 1998 automobile accident.
Seven months after being released from hospital Phason was back coaching high school football.