Danny Bass (born March 31, 1958) is a former linebacker for the
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...
in 1980,
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-o ...
from 1981–1983 and the
Edmonton Eskimos from 1984-1991 of the
Canadian Football League
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. He won a
Grey Cup for the Eskimos and played in another two for them. Bass was voted one of the
CFL's top 50 players (#44) by Canadian sports network
TSN.
Bass was the MVP of
Michigan State University,
his senior season of 1979. He is the all-time leader in career tackles for the Spartans.
Bass was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Danny Bass
Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 2011
References
1958 births
Living people
Calgary Stampeders players
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award winners
Canadian football linebackers
Edmonton Elks players
Michigan State Spartans football players
Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan
Players of American football from Michigan
Toronto Argonauts players
American players of Canadian football
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