Ron Lancaster, shown here just prior to coaching the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a Grey Cup victory in 1999, told a radio station on Thursday it's time for treatment to start on his lung cancer. (Kevin Frayer/Canadian Press) CFL legend Ron Lancaster is battling lung cancer.
The 69-year-old former standout quarterback who also had a long career as a head coach, administrator and television commentator, told Hamilton radio station CHML on Wednesday he was diagnosed with the disease a couple of weeks ago.
"All of a sudden, something was discovered," Lancaster told the station.
"I've had every test done that you do now. Now it's time for the treatment to start."
This is the second time he has faced the disease, having beaten back cancer in his bladder five years ago.
Lancaster, a native of Fairchance, Pa., was a three-time all-star quarterback, leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Grey Cup in 1966.
As a head coach, he took the Edmonton Eskimos to the championship in 1993 and won the 1999 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
With files from the Canadian Press
