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| alma_mater = [[University of Western Ontario]]
| occupation = Businessman, professional athlete
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{{Infobox CFL biography|embed=yes▼
|name = Donald Ross Getty▼
|image = 1956 Grey Cup victory.jpg▼
|caption = Getty after winning the [[44th Grey Cup]] in 1956▼
|import = No▼
|position1 = Quarterback▼
|number = 27, 87▼
|death_place = ▼
|death_cause = ▼
|Height_ft = 6▼
|Height_in = 2▼
|Weight_lbs = 195▼
|College = [[University of Western Ontario|Western Ontario]]▼
|playing_years1 = [[1955 in Canadian football|1955]]–{{CFL Year|1965}}▼
|playing_team1 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]▼
|Awards = 2× [[Grey Cup]] ([[43rd Grey Cup|1955]], [[44th Grey Cup|1956]])<br />Outstanding Canadian, [[Western Interprovincial Football Union]] (1959)<br />Runner up, [[CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award|Schenley Award]] ({{CFL Year|1959}})▼
|Honors = Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour, 1992▼
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'''Donald Ross Getty''', {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|AOE}} (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th [[premier of Alberta]] between 1985 and 1992. A member of the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservatives]], he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister in the government of [[Peter Lougheed]] before leaving politics for the private sector in 1979. He returned to politics six years later to contest the leadership contest resulting from Lougheed's retirement. He defeated two other candidates, and became Premier November 1, 1985.
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==Professional football career==
▲{{Infobox CFL biography
▲ |name = Donald Ross Getty
▲ |image = 1956 Grey Cup victory.jpg
▲ |caption = Getty after winning the [[44th Grey Cup]] in 1956
▲ |import = No
▲ |position1 = Quarterback
▲ |number = 27, 87
▲ |death_place =
▲ |death_cause =
▲ |Height_ft = 6
▲ |Height_in = 2
▲ |Weight_lbs = 195
▲ |College = [[University of Western Ontario|Western Ontario]]
▲ |playing_years1 = [[1955 in Canadian football|1955]]–{{CFL Year|1965}}
▲ |playing_team1 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
▲ |Awards = 2× [[Grey Cup]] ([[43rd Grey Cup|1955]], [[44th Grey Cup|1956]])<br />Outstanding Canadian, [[Western Interprovincial Football Union]] (1959)<br />Runner up, [[CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award|Schenley Award]] ({{CFL Year|1959}})
▲ |Honors = Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour, 1992
Getty played 10 seasons with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] as a [[quarterback]]. For the first part of his career, he backed up [[Jackie Parker]] and filled in for him when he was moved to [[running back]].<ref name="CFLapedia">{{cite web |url=http://cflapedia.com/Players/g/getty_don.htm |title=Don Getty |work=CFLapedia |access-date=2008-07-10}}</ref> Eskimos coach [[Pop Ivy]] surprised many observers when he started Getty at quarterback in the third game of the 1956 western final (which was a three-game series at the time) during the [[44th Grey Cup]], with Parker at running back.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_ivy |title=Don Frank (Pop) Ivy |first=Ted |last=Soutar |access-date=2015-06-07 |work=CFL.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607135652/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_ivy |archive-date=2015-06-07 }}</ref> However, it bore results as Parker tied the record for most touchdowns scored in a Grey Cup game, at three.<ref name="1956 Cup">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1956 |work=CFL.ca |title=1956 – Edmonton Eskimos 50, Montreal Alouettes 27 |access-date=2008-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126183348/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1956 |archive-date=2009-11-26 }}</ref> Getty also handed the ball to [[Johnny Bright]] for two touchdowns and scored two himself on quarterback keeps from the one-yard line, as the Eskimos won their third consecutive championship over the [[Montreal Alouettes]] by a score of 50–27.<ref name="1956 Cup"/> He continued with Eskimos until 1963, and also made three appearances in the 1965 season.<ref name="CFLapedia"/>
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