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A hometown boy, coming from the
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181:Career highlights and awards
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234:Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
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726:Accidental deaths in Nova Scotia
228:player. He was an all-star and
102:none - Montreal C.N.R. Juniors
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362:Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
249:Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
238:Ontario Rugby Football Union
121:Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
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731:Industrial accident deaths
716:Toronto Argonauts players
559:Victory "Tuffy" Griffiths
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318:Mishap Kills Tommy Burns
92:204 lb (93 kg)
57:Place of death
30:Place of birth
573:Richard "Whitey" Miller
527:21st Grey Cup champions
367:19th Grey Cup champions
292:CFLAPEDIA - Tommy Burns
45:Date of death
22:Date of birth
378:Head Coach: Clay Foran
61:Liverpool, Nova Scotia
663:W. E. "Whitney" Moore
465:Johnny "Pean" Bennett
389:William "Kenny" Grant
660:J. R. "Pooch" Taylor
441:Hawley "Huck" Welch
265:Montreal Westmounts
161:Montreal Westmounts
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654:W. D. "Jack" Smith
263:and, in 1939, the
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151:Montreal Nationals
68:Career information
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657:W. F. Wilson
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25:July 9, 1910
696:1942 deaths
691:1910 births
635:Tommy Burns
602:Clarke Bell
569:Howard Vail
564:Art DeDiana
549:Andy Mullen
539:Dave Ferris
479:Pete Jotkus
436:Gerry Monty
404:Tommy Burns
219:Tommy Burns
79:Flying Wing
74:Position(s)
17:Tommy Burns
685:Categories
670:Lew Hayman
640:Wes Cutler
592:Lou Snyder
582:Joe Wright
554:Clary Burt
456:Len Hutton
409:Bert Adams
384:Gord Perry
279:References
193:champion (
98:US college
617:Jim Keith
587:Art Upper
247:with the
112:As player
245:Grey Cup
236:and the
230:Grey Cup
226:football
223:Canadian
191:Grey Cup
63:, Canada
40:, Canada
34:Montreal
167:1940–41
137:1936–37
127:1932–35
117:1931–32
622:Ab Box
89:Weight
83:Tackle
38:Quebec
199:1933
195:1931
157:1939
147:1938
189:2×
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