Bruce Smith (Canadian football)

Bruce Smith
Date of birth (1949-03-28)March 28, 1949
Place of birth Huntsville, Texas
Date of death January 3, 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 63)
Place of death Toronto, Ontario
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) LB/DE/DT
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg)
College Colorado Boulder
Career history
As player
1972–1973 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1974 Edmonton Eskimos
1975 Ottawa Rough Riders
1976–1979 Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1972)

Bruce Smith (March 28, 1949 – January 3, 2013) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 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] He died of pancreatic cancer in 2013.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=smithbru003
  2. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/01/04/former_argo_bruce_smith_remembered.html
  3. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/former-cfler-bruce-smith-dies-from-pancreatic-cancer-1.1391762


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