Bruce Smith (Canadian football)

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Bruce Smith
Born:(1949-03-28)March 28, 1949
Edmonton Eskimos
1975Ottawa Rough Riders
19761979Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1972)

Bruce Smith (March 28, 1949 – January 3, 2013) was a

Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1972. He played college football at the University of Colorado Boulder.[1] After retiring from the CFL he became a successful real estate agent in Toronto. A born-again Christian, Smith became an ordained chaplain at King Bay Chaplaincy in 1999. He also worked with Upper Canada College's Chaplain Service. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2013. His memoir, Our Father: The Prodigal Son Returns, was published posthumously the same year.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Bruce Smith football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. ^ "Former Argo Bruce Smith remembered". Toronto Star. 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Former CFLer Bruce Smith dies from pancreatic cancer | CBC Sports".