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Alex Denman
Career information
Position(s): Guard & Flying Wing
College: Woodstock College
Organizations
 As player:
1923-33 Hamilton Tigers
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star: 1926, 28, 31, 32
Awards: 1932 - Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
Honours: 1928, 1929, 1932 - Grey Cup champion

Alex Denman was an award winning, Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian football player, playing from 1923 to 1933 with the Hamilton Tigers.[1]

A graduate of Woodstock College[2] Denman went on to have an all-star 11 year football career with the Tigers. Select 4 times as an all-star and the winner of 3 Grey Cups, his best season was 1932 when, in addition to his all-star, he won the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as outstanding player in the east.[3] Curiously, Denman was part of an inquiry by the Director of Dental Services for Ontario, and he reported having lost 3 teeth playing football.[4]

References[]

  1. Hamilton Tiger-Cat Alumni Association: Tigers Roster
  2. Around and About - Calling Woodstock Alumni! by Tommy Shields Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 1947
  3. Alex Denman to Retire - Holder of Jeff Russel Trophy Giving Up Football Montreal Gazette November 8, 1933
  4. Rugby's Toll in Teeth Montreal Gazette November 1, 1933

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