John Bernard "Bunny" Wadsworth ( – January 23, 1966) was an all-star and

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

champion Canadian football lineman. Playing in the early days of the

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

, before the Canadian Football League was formed, Wadsworth's career spanned eight seasons, and included three all-star selections and the 1940

championship. He was honored as a member of the Rough Rider "Half Century" team. He and his wife Catherine (née Kehoe) had six children, one of whom was Michael "Mike" Wadsworth, Canadian football player, lawyer, businessman, sports analyst and Canadian Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. He died at a hospital in Toronto in 1966 from kidney disease, aged 51.

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Canadian football defensive linemen Canadian football offensive linemen Ottawa Rough Riders players 1910s births Year of birth uncertain 1966 deaths {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub