Juan Sheridan Explained

Juan Sheridan
Birth Date:2 February 1925
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Death Place:Howick, Quebec
Import:no
Position1:Guard
Position2:Offensive tackle
Playing Years1:1944
Playing Team1:St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy
Playing Years2:1946–1947
Playing Team2:Toronto Indians
Playing Years3:1948
Playing Team3:Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
Playing Years4:
Playing Team4:Montreal Alouettes
Honors:1944, 1949 - Grey Cup Champion

Juan Sheridan (February 2, 1925 – October 7, 1969) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player.

Sheridan won his first Grey Cup with Montreal St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy team in 1944 (when league play was suspended during World War II.) After three seasons in the Ontario Rugby Football Union with the Toronto Indians and Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers, he began a nine-year career with the Montreal Alouettes. Over the course of 105 regular season games he scored only 1 touchdown, but his football fame came as a member of the Als first Grey Cup winning team in 1949.[1]

Sheridan spoke Russian fluently, and translated on behalf of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team on their tour of Canada in 1962.[2]

Sheridan died of a heart attack on October 7, 1969, in Howick, Quebec, aged 44.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/s/sheridan_juan.htm Profile
  2. News: Soviet Team Young, Fighting For Jobs. Blanchard. Don. November 22, 1962. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 45.
  3. "Ex-Alouette Sheridan dies", The Windsor Star, October 8, 1969.