Bert Iannone Explained

Bert Iannone
Birth Date:10 March 1917
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Import:no
Position1:Guard
Position2:Tackle
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:195
Playing Years1: -
Playing Team1:Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Playing Years2: -
Playing Team2:Saskatchewan Roughriders
Playing Years3: -
Playing Team3:Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Playing Team4:Calgary Stampeders
Playing Years5: -
Playing Team5:Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career Highlights:
Playing Years4: -

Bert Louis Iannone (March 10, 1917 – February 16, 1996) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played from 1939 to 1952. He won the Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Bluebombers in 1939 and with the Calgary Stampeders in 1948 and played in seven grey cup games.[1] [2] He previously played junior football in Winnipeg.[3] He fought in the war for the Royal Canadian Navy from 1940 to 1944. He coached football for Campion College in Regina, the Regina Rams and for Saint Thomas Moore Secondary in Burnaby BC. He married Fay Iannone and had 9 children. He died in Langley, British Columbia in 1996, at the age of 79 years old.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 100 years of Canadian Football by Gordon Currie and the Stampeders in 1948.
  2. Web site: Bert Iannone football statistics on StatsCrew.com.
  3. Sketches in Brief of Players for Football Final: CalgaryThe Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Nov 25, 1948; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2011)pg. 20
  4. Web site: Winnipeg Free Press Archives, Mar 23, 1996, p. 48. 23 March 1996.