Chester McCance | |
Birth Date: | February 19, 1915 |
Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Position1: | Wide receiver Placekicker |
Playing Years1: | 1935 |
Playing Team1: | Winnipeg Victorias |
Playing Years2: | 1937–1941 |
Playing Team2: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Playing Years3: | 1942–1943 |
Playing Team3: | Winnipeg RCAF Bombers |
Playing Years4: | 1945 |
Playing Team4: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Playing Years5: | 1946–1950 |
Playing Team5: | Montreal Alouettes |
Cflwestallstar: | 1940, 1941 |
Cfhof: | chester-ches-mccance |
Cfhofyear: | 1976 |
Chester "Ches" McCance (February 19, 1915 – May 8, 1956), was a Canadian football wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional gridiron football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
McCance also curled, and represented Quebec at the 1952 and 1953 Macdonald Briers.[1]