Bruce Smith (Canadian football)

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] 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]

Bruce Smith
Born:(1949-03-28)March 28, 1949
Huntsville, Texas
Died:January 3, 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 63)
Toronto, Ontario
Career information
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)LB/DE/DT
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
CollegeColorado Boulder
Career history
As player
1972–1973Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1974Edmonton Eskimos
1975Ottawa Rough Riders
1976–1979Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1972)

References
  1. http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=smithbru003
  2. https://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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