Ronnie Estay was diving at the heels of J.C. Watts. Again and again.

“I was right at him, but I just couldn’t quite get to him,” Estay recalled of his frustrating first three quarters in the 1981 Grey Cup game between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Ottawa Roughriders.

Finally – and extremely satisfyingly for Estay – he caught the Ottawa quarterback in the fourth quarter and brought him down at the Edmonton 26. From there, the Eskimos drove for the deciding field goal in a 26-23 Edmonton victory.

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