instrumental in the development of the short lived XFL.
Awards
BC Amateur Football Builders Award, 1980
Schenley Award (1986)
Special Award Contribution to Junior Football - British Columbia
Honors
Bob Ackles Day - Vancouver, 1986
Key to the City of Vancouver, 1986
Key to the City of Kelowna, 1986
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2002
Robert Ackles (September 16, 1938 – July 6, 2008) was a Canadian Football League executive for the BC Lions. He also was a former American football executive in the National Football League. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
Fame in 2002. Ackles was born in Sarnia, Ontario and joined the BC Lions as a water boy in their founding year, 1954, at the age of 16. Ackles grew professionally...
general manager BobAckles to the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, ending Ackles' 33-year association with the Lions (he returned in 2002). Ackles was replaced by...
Ackles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BobAckles (1938–2008), Canadian football executive David Ackles (1937–1999), American singer-songwriter...
Colby Minifie, and Claudia Doumit returning from prior seasons, with Jensen Ackles joining the cast. Taking place a year after the events of the previous season...
In the final home game of the 2018 season, Buono was honored with the BobAckles Award as he was retiring from football with the most wins as a coach....
player Joanne Abbott, sailor Katie Abbott, sailor Matt Abbott, sailor BobAckles, football administrator Stephen Andrews, visual artist Doug Armstrong...
Abendschan – player (K/OG), 2012 (Saskatchewan Roughriders 1965–75). BobAckles – builder, 2002 (BC Lions as general manager 1975–86, president 2002–2008...
2006 BC Lions season Owner David Braley President BobAckles General manager Wally Buono Head coach Wally Buono Home field BC Place Stadium Results Record...
death of president BobAckles in 2008. In 2017, Chayka was inducted into the BC Football Hall of Fame and was recipient the BobAckles Award for outstanding...
Pro-Bowl at any time in their career. Mulligan, Kevin (May 16, 1995). "Ackles gets power position with Birds". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved November...
1980 BC Lions season General manager BobAckles Head coach Vic Rapp Home field Empire Stadium Results Record 8–7–1 Division place 4th, West Playoff finish...
1983 BC Lions season General manager BobAckles Head coach Don Matthews Home field BC Place Stadium Results Record 11–5 Division place 1st, West Playoff...
end of everything in creation. Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester Alexander Calvert as Jack Kline and Belphegor Misha Collins...
Oliver Schroer, fiddler, composer and music producer (born 1956) July 6 – BobAckles, executive for the CFL's BC Lions (born 1938) July 14 – Lawrence Ytzhak...
leader, supreme patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. BobAckles, 69, Canadian executive for the Canadian Football League's BC Lions, heart...
1985 BC Lions season General manager BobAckles Head coach Don Matthews Home field BC Place Stadium Results Record 13–3 Division place 1st, West Playoff...
2004 BC Lions season Owner David Braley President BobAckles General manager Wally Buono Head coach Wally Buono Home field BC Place Stadium Results Record...
2005 BC Lions season Owner David Braley President BobAckles General manager Wally Buono Head coach Wally Buono Home field BC Place Stadium Results Record...
Keith Pelley, Toronto Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award - BobAckles, BC Lions "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on September 17, 2012....
field and Klassen soon found himself in Saskatchewan. General manager BobAckles left the Lions in 1986 for a job with the National Football League's Dallas...
inducted as a Team in 2000. 1994 BC Lions were inducted as a Team in 2010. BobAckles was inducted as a Builder in 2004. Byron (By) Bailey was inducted as an...
1984 BC Lions season General manager BobAckles Head coach Don Matthews Home field BC Place Stadium Results Record 12–3–1 Division place 1st, West Playoff...
Director of pro personnel – Erik Widmark Director of college scouting – BobAckles Head coaches Head coach – Joe Bugel Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator...