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{{Infobox CFL player
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 |name=Dean Griffing
 |birth_date={{Birth date|1915|5|17}}
 |birth_place=[[St. George, Kansas]]
 |death_date={{Death date and age|1998|2|9|1915|5|17}}
 |death_place=[[Sarasota, Florida]]
 |Position=[[Center (American football)|C]]
 |College=[[Kansas State University|Kansas State]]
 |import=yes
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 |playing_years=1936-1943<br />1944<br />1945-1947
 |playing_teams=[[Regina Roughriders]]<br />[[Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers]]<br />[[Calgary Stampeders]]
 |career_highlights=
 |CFLWestAllStar=1937, 1938, 1940
 |Awards=
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 |CFHOF=griffingdean 
 |CFHOFYear=1965
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'''Dean Griffing''' (born May 17, 1915 in [[St. George, Kansas]]), was a former [[offensive lineman]], [[Coach (sport)|coach]], and general manager. He played as a centre a center and linebacker for the [[University of Kansas]] in 1936.<ref name="Gruver1997"/><ref name=dh/>  for the [[Regina Roughriders]] from 1936–1943, for [[Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers]] in 1944, and the [[Calgary Stampeders]] from 1945–1947; the last he also part owned.<ref name=hof/>  Griffing was inducted into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1965.<ref name=hof>{{cite web |url= http://www.cfhof.ca/page/griffingdean |title= - Dean Griffing  |work=Canadian Football Hall of Fame |year=2011 [last update] |accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref>  He coached Saskatchewan during the mid-1950s.<ref name="Gruver1997">{{cite book|author=Ed Gruver|title=The American Football League: a year-by-year history, 1960-1969|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qKKK1joc7PcC&pg=PA40|accessdate=14 June 2011|date=September 1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0399-8|pages=40–}}</ref><ref name=hof/> In 1960-61, Griffing became the first general manager of the [[Denver Broncos]], selected in part because of his known and needed frugality.<ref name="Gruver1997"/><ref name=dh/><ref name="RyczekMaynard2009"/> He was responsible for the team's unappealing brown and yellow uniform and ugly socks, which he had bought secondhand from a high school all-star game.<ref name="RyczekMaynard2009">{{cite book|author1=William J. Ryczek|author2=Don Maynard|title=Crash of the Titans: The Early Years of the New York Jets and the AFL|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-U7R25OhFnUC&pg=PA116|accessdate=14 June 2011|date=January 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4126-6|pages=116–}}</ref> He later worked as special assignment scout for [[George Halas]] and the [[Chicago Bears]].<ref name=dh/>

Griffing died in 1998 in [[Sarasota, Florida]].<ref name=dh>{{cite news |url= http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20100930/sports/309309874/print/ |work=Daily Herald  |title=St. Charles East honors Bowman for 100th career victory |date=January 31, 2011 [last update] |accessdate=June 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BC&p_theme=bc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB1EEB80B7949BF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Dean Griffing Obituary |work=Beacon News|date= February 12, 1998|accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref>

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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME              = Griffing, Dean
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Player of American and Canadian football
| DATE OF BIRTH     = May 16, 1913
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = St. George, Kansas
| DATE OF DEATH     = February 9, 1998
| PLACE OF DEATH    = Sarasota, Florida
}}
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[[Category:1915 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:American players of Canadian football]]
[[Category:Denver Broncos executives]]
[[Category:Calgary Stampeders coaches]]
[[Category:Calgary Stampeders players]]
[[Category:Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Canadian football offensive linemen]]
[[Category:Kansas State Wildcats football players]]
[[Category:Ontario Rugby Football Union players]]
[[Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders coaches]]
[[Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players]]
[[Category:Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers players]]


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