Becket , along with Roughriders teammates , Mario DeMarco , Gordon Sturtridge , and Ray Syrnyk , were passengers on Flight 810 with another WIFU player , Calvin Jones , of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . All five players were present at the 1956 All-Star game in Vancouver , British Columbia , and were headed back to their respective teams ' home cities . The five players were accompanied by 54 other passengers , which included 1 football official , and 3 crew members , who all lost their lives in Western Canada 's worst aviation disaster on December 9 , 1956 , on Slesse Mountain ( Mount Slesse ) near Chilliwack , British Columbia . The crash is the subject of the 2012 documentary '' The Crash '' , part of TSN 's '' Engraved on a Nation '' series of eight documentaries celebrating the 100th Grey Cup . He is survived by his wife Joyce Wagner and his daughter Robin Becket
Western Canada 's worst aviation disaster
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810
Mel Becket