Virgil Wagner
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Born: | Belleville, Illinois | February 27, 1922
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Died: | August 22, 1997 | (aged 75)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Left Halfback |
College | Millikin |
NFL draft | 1943 / Round: 29 / Pick 271 (By the Detroit Lions) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1946–1954 | Montreal Alouettes |
CFL East All-Star | 1946-1949 |
Awards | 1947 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy |
Honours | 1949 - Grey Cup champion |
Career stats | |
Virgil Wagner (February 27, 1922 - August 22, 1997) was an award-winning, all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football halfback for the Montreal Alouettes. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
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- 1922 births
- 1997 deaths
- Sportspeople from Belleville, Illinois
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Millikin Big Blue baseball players
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- Millikin Big Blue men's basketball players
- Canadian football quarterbacks
- American players of Canadian football
- Players of American football from Illinois
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