Virgil Wagner
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Born: | Belleville, Illinois, U.S. | 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 |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL East All-Star | 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 |
Career stats | |
Virgil Wagner (February 27, 1922 – August 22, 1997) was an American 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.
Wagner was elected to no less than three Hall of Fames in 1980. They were his college Hall of Fame at Milliken University in Illinois, his hometown Hall of Fame in Belleville, IL, and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
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