Dean Griffing

Dean Griffing

Date of birth	(1915-05-17)May 17, 1915
Place of birth	St. George, Kansas
Date of death
Place of death	Sarasota, Florida
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	Center
College	Kansas State
Career history
As player
1936–1943	Regina Roughriders
1944	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
1945–1947	Calgary Stampeders
CFL West All-Star	1937, 1938, 1940
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1965

Orrin Dean Griffing (born May 17, 1915 – February 9, 1998) was a gridiron football player, coach, and executive. He played as a center and linebacker for the Kansas State University in 1933 and 1934, for the Regina Roughriders from 1936 to 1943, for Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers in 1944, and the Calgary Stampeders from 1945 to 1947; the last he also part owned. Griffing was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1965. He coached Saskatchewan during the mid-1950s. In 1960, Griffing became the first general manager of the Denver Broncos, selected in part because of his known and needed frugality. He was responsible for the team's unappealing brown and yellow uniform and ugly socks, which he had bought secondhand from a high school all-star game. He later worked as special assignment scout for the Chicago Bears.

Griffing died in 1998 in Sarasota, Florida.