Misplaced Pages

Bruce Smith (March 28, 1949 – January 3, 2013) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1972. He played college football at the University of Colorado Boulder. After retiring from the CFL he became a successful real estate agent in Toronto. A born-again Christian, Smith became an ordained chaplain at King Bay Chaplaincy in 1999. He also worked with Upper Canada College's Chaplain Service. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2013. His memoir, Our Father: The Prodigal Son Returns, was published posthumously the same year.

References

1. "Bruce Smith football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
2. "Former Argo Bruce Smith remembered". Toronto Star. January 4, 2013.
3. "Former CFLer Bruce Smith dies from pancreatic cancer | CBC Sports".

This biographical article relating to Canadian football is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1949 births
• 2013 deaths
• Players of Canadian football from Texas
• Players of American football from Huntsville, Texas
• Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
• Edmonton Elks players
• Ottawa Rough Riders players
• Toronto Argonauts players
• Colorado Buffaloes football players
• Burials at York Cemetery, Toronto
• Canadian football biography stubs