Bill Briggs (Canadian football)

Bill Briggs

Date of birth	April 6, 1925
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario
Date of death	April 19, 2000 (aged 75)
Place of death	Penticton, British Columbia
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	HB
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
College	Iowa
Career history
As player
1945–1949	Toronto Argonauts
1950–1957	Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1954, 1955, 1956)

William Thomas Briggs (April 6, 1925 – April 19, 2000) was a Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with the Argos in 1947 before moving to Edmonton, where he had two more Grey Cup wins in 1955 and 1957. Briggs was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is often confused with another football player, William John Brigg, who played for the University of Iowa. After retiring from football, Bill pursued several careers, among them a salesman for McLaren Electronics, a master electrician and a minister^[1] with the United Church. He held the position of assistant minister at St. Andrews Wesley Church in Vancouver, B.C. for several years. He died at a hospice in Penticton, British Columbia in 2000.^[2]

References

1. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edmonton/2004/10/10/664161.html
2. "Obituaries", The Edmonton Journal, April 23, 2000, pg. B7