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Vern Graham

Vern Graham

Canadian football player

Vernon Austin Graham (August 6, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was a Canadian football player with the Calgary Stampeders.

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A native of Calgary, Graham joined his hometown Stamps in 1947.[1] He made the unfortunate mistake of sitting out the 1948 season, missing a Grey Cup championship.[2] He returned in 1949 and made a trip to the Grey Cup final (a defeat to the Montreal Alouettes,) and was also an all-star and won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy as scoring leader (with 58 points on 2 touchdowns, 27 converts and 7 field goals.)[3] He finished football in 1951. He died on March 22, 2010, aged 85.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Glory days on the field - Greats came through local system[usurped], by RANDY SPORTAK, Calgary Sun, November 2, 2004
  2. [2]
    GRAHAM WAS A STAR OF '49 STAMPS By Daryl Slade Calgary Herald, April 13, 2010
  3. [3]
    2009 CFL Record Book
  4. [4]
    "Vernon Graham Obituary (2010) - Calgary Herald".
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