Chester McCance explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Provincial Pride. 90 Years of the Manitoba Men’s Curling Championship . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204210721/https://cdn.metricmarketing.ca/www.curlmanitoba.org/files/2015_events/Provincial_Pride_-_Sean_Grassie.pdf . 2015-02-04 . 2015-02-04.