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

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, 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

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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 ...

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Chester McCance’s biography
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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 {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub