Bruce Smith (Canadian football)

Bruce Smith

Born:	(1949-03-28)March 28, 1949 Huntsville, Texas
Died:	January 3, 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 63) Toronto, Ontario
Career information
CFL status	American
Position(s)	LB, DE, DT
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg)
College	Colorado Boulder
Career history
As player
1972–1973	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1974	Edmonton Eskimos
1975	Ottawa Rough Riders
1976–1979	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1972)

Bruce Smith (March 28, 1949 – January 3, 2013) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1972. He played college football at the University of Colorado Boulder. After retiring from the CFL he became a successful real estate agent in Toronto. A born-again Christian, Smith became an ordained chaplain at King Bay Chaplaincy in 1999. He also worked with Upper Canada College's Chaplain Service. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2013. His memoir, Our Father: The Prodigal Son Returns, was published posthumously the same year.