Chester McCance
Appearance
Date of birth | February 19, 1915 |
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Place of birth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Date of death | May 8, 1956 | (aged 41)
Place of death | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Wide receiver Placekicker |
Career history | |
As player | |
1935 | Winnipeg Victorias |
1937–1941 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
1942–1943 | Winnipeg RCAF Bombers |
1945 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
1946–1950 | Montreal Alouettes |
CFL West All-Star | 1940, 1941 |
Career stats | |
Medal record | ||
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Men's Curling | ||
Representing Quebec | ||
Macdonald Brier | ||
1953 Sudbury |
Chester "Ches" McCance (February 19, 1915 – May 8, 1956), was a Canadian football wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional gridiron football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
McCance also curled, and represented Quebec at the 1952 and 1953 Macdonald Briers.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Provincial Pride. 90 Years of the Manitoba Men's Curling Championship" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
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Categories:
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Canadian football wide receivers
- Canadian football placekickers
- Players of Canadian football from Manitoba
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Curlers from Quebec
- Curlers from Winnipeg
- Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- 1915 births
- 1956 deaths
- Canadian football wide receiver stubs