Ted Watkins
| Date of birth | 1941 |
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| Place of birth | Chicago |
| Date of death | June 2, 1968 (aged 27) |
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| Position(s) | WR |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| College | Pacific |
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| 1963–1966 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1967 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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Ted Watkins (1941 — June 2, 1968) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1967. He previously played college football at the University of the Pacific in .
In the late 1960s, Watkins was active in the Black Power movement in Toronto.
He was shot and killed in 1968 during an alleged liquor store holdup in , weeks before the beginning of the 1968 CFL season.
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