Chester "Ches" McCance (February 19, 1915 – May 8, 1956), was a
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 ...
wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional
, mainly for the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League (CFL). It includes displays about t ...
and in 2004 he was inducted into the
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
McCance also
curled, and represented
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
at the
1952
Events January–February
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* February 6
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and
1953 Macdonald Brier
The 1953 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 7, 1953 at Sudbury Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. A total of 12,500 fans attended the event.
Both Team Manitoba and Team Quebec finished round ro ...
s.
References
External links
Chester McCance’s biographya
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
Montreal Alouettes players
Canadian football wide receivers
Canadian football placekickers
Players of Canadian football from Manitoba
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Curlers from Quebec
Curlers from Winnipeg
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees
1915 births
1956 deaths
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