Burdette "Archie" Hess (February 18, 1933 October 24, 2012) was an American-born

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

player who played for the

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. He played college football at the

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. After retirement he embarked on a career as a geologist at

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. eventually rose to become General Manager of Western Canada Exploration at Petro-Canada in

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, Alberta.

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