Virgil Wagner (February 27, 1922 - August 22, 1997) was an award-winning, 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
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 ...
halfback for the
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...
. 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 ...
in 1980.
1922 births
1997 deaths
Sportspeople from Belleville, Illinois
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Montreal Alouettes players
Millikin Big Blue baseball players
Millikin Big Blue football players
Millikin Big Blue men's basketball players
Canadian football quarterbacks
American players of Canadian football
Players of American football from Illinois
American men's basketball players
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