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Toronto Argonauts in 1956 and stayed with them for 6 years before being traded to the Hamilton Tiger-cats in 1962. He was a 2-way player at linebacker and fullback. In his rookie year, he carried the ball 108 times for 578 yards for a 5.4 yard/rush average. His best rushing
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Kuntz was the co-owner of the family's surface finishing company
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Kuntz's football career began when he moved from
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395:"Bobby Kuntz football statistics on StatsCrew.com"
370:"Kuntz Electroplating - Bobby Kuntz and the CFL"
269:. He was a part of the Tiger-Cats 1963 and 1965
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355:"Torstar Obituaries and Guestbooks"
102:5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
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1033:Canadian football linebackers
248:Robert John "Bobby" Kuntz Sr.
1048:Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
313:St. Mary's General Hospital
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259:Canadian Football League
110:190 lb (86 kg)
16:Canadian football player
777:53rd Grey Cup champions
539:51st Grey Cup champions
317:St. Jerome's University
333:at the age of 79 in
324:Kuntz Electroplating
934:Bronko Nagurski Jr.
772:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
676:Bronko Nagurski Jr.
534:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
468:on 10 February 2011
331:Parkinson's disease
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929:Angelo Mosca
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1002:Ralph Sazio
984:Billy Wayte
964:Lee Sampson
924:Chet Miksza
919:John Metras
899:Bobby Kuntz
879:Ed Hoerster
874:Steve Hmiel
864:Tommy Grant
804:John Barrow
789:Mel Anthony
729:Ralph Sazio
661:Chet Miksza
656:Grant McKee
651:Bobby Kuntz
626:Steve Hmiel
616:Tommy Grant
566:Jamie Caleb
556:John Barrow
80:Position(s)
20:Bobby Kuntz
1017:Categories
989:Cloyd Webb
894:Bob Krouse
884:Zeno Karcz
859:Rae German
824:Dick Cohee
819:John Cimba
696:Joe Pikula
646:Bob Krouse
641:Ken Kilrea
631:Zeno Karcz
472:7 February
419:2024-04-05
413:The Record
380:2008-10-11
341:References
255:linebacker
116:University
31:1932-01-10
994:Joe Zuger
974:Dave Viti
849:Paul Duda
799:Art Baker
721:Joe Zuger
716:Dave Viti
551:Art Baker
491:Kuntz.com
283:Kitchener
137:1953–1955
132:As player
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686:Jim Pace
307:Post CFL
271:Grey Cup
265:and the
261:for the
121:McMaster
74:National
42:Michigan
701:Ron Ray
277:College
38:Detroit
409:"Home"
235:Awards
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