Vincent Joseph "Boomer" Scott (July 10, 1925 – July 13, 1992) was a Canadian

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player. He played for the

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, and was later a Hamilton city councillor. He became a Canadian citizen in the mid-1950s Scott was born in Le Roy,

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. He suffered from

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as a child and was left with a slightly shrunken left leg, although this did not inhibit his sports career. He made the

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team as a lineman, and played for two seasons with the

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of the AAFC before joining the Hamilton Wildcats franchise in 1949. The Wildcats merged with the Hamilton Tigers in 1950 to create the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Scott played for the merged team until his retirement in 1962. He made six

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appearances, and helped the Tiger-Cats win the cup in 1953 and 1957. He worked at Stelco after his retirement, and later entered the real estate business. He hosted a talk show in the 1970s and 1980s, and was named to the

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in 1982. He was elected to Hamilton City Council for the city's fourth ward in the 1982 municipal election, and subsequently participated in discussions with Tiger-Cats owner Harold Ballard to ensure that the team remained in Hamilton. Fellow councillor

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described him as a conservative. Scott was defeated in his bid for re-election in

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. He suffered a stroke the following year, and never fully recovered. He died in 1992 following a lengthy illness. In 2007, he was inducted into the

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Section V Football Hall of Fame.

References

Some information is taken from Rian Melzer, "Star full of heart", ''Hamilton Spectator'', 14 July 1992, C1, an obituary piece. {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Vince 1925 births 1992 deaths American football defensive linemen American football offensive linemen American players of Canadian football Buffalo Bills (AAFC) players Canadian football defensive linemen Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian football offensive linemen Hamilton, Ontario city councillors Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Hamilton Wildcats football players Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players People from Le Roy, New York Players of American football from New York (state)