Bert Iannone

Bert Louis Iannone (March 10, 1917 – February 16, 1996) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played from 1939 to 1952. He won the Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Bluebombers in 1939 and with the Calgary Stampeders in 1948 and played in seven grey cup games.^[1][2] He previously played junior football in Winnipeg.^[3] He fought in the war for the Royal Canadian Navy from 1940 to 1944. He coached football for Campion College in Regina, the Regina Rams and for Saint Thomas Moore Secondary in Burnaby BC. He married Fay Iannone and had 9 children. He died in Langley, British Columbia in 1996, at the age of 79 years old.^[4]

Bert Iannone

Born:	(1917-03-10)March 10, 1917 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died:	February 16, 1996(1996-02-16) (aged 78) Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	G, Tackle
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career history
As player
1939–1940	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1941–1941	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1945–1947	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1948–1949	Calgary Stampeders
1950–1952	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
2× Grey Cup champion (1939, 1948)