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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|51|1985|7|30}}
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| birth_place = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|6|12|1933|8|10}}
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| death_place = [[Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada
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| career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1960}})
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'''Merv Collins''' (born c. 1934) was a [[Canadian football]] player who played for the [[Toronto Argonauts]], [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] and [[Edmonton Eskimos]]. He won the [[Grey Cup]] with Ottawa in 1960.<ref>http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=collimer001</ref><ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19660815&id=VrwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xuwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803,4408304</ref> He owned a paving company in Toronto and later was a teacher.<ref>https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=mtYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6014,3912715&dq=marv+bevan+ottawa&hl=en</ref><ref>Where are they now? MERV COLLINS Football
'''Mervyn Douglas Collins''' (August 10, 1933 – June 12, 2019) was a [[Canadian football]] player who played for the [[Toronto Argonauts]], [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] and [[Edmonton Eskimos]]. He won the [[Grey Cup]] with Ottawa in 1960.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=collimer001| title = Merv Collins football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19660815&id=VrwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xuwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803,4408304|title = Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> He owned a paving company in Toronto and later was a teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=mtYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6014,3912715&dq=marv+bevan+ottawa&hl=en|title = Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search}}</ref><ref>Where are they now? MERV COLLINS Football
Patton, Paul. The Globe and Mail [Toronto, Ont] 30 July 1985: P.20.</ref>
Patton, Paul. The Globe and Mail [Toronto, Ont] 30 July 1985: P.20.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/mervyn-collins-1075169966|title = Remembering the life of Mervyn Collins 1933 - 2019}}</ref>


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[[Category:1930s births]]
[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Edmonton Eskimos players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Elks players]]
[[Category:Ottawa Rough Riders players]]
[[Category:Ottawa Rough Riders players]]


Latest revision as of 02:24, 11 September 2022

Merv Collins
Born:(1933-08-10)August 10, 1933
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died:June 12, 2019(2019-06-12) (aged 85)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
CFL statusNational
Position(s)G
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career history
As player
1953–1954Toronto Argonauts
1955Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1956–1965Ottawa Rough Riders
1966Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1960)

Mervyn Douglas Collins (August 10, 1933 – June 12, 2019) was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders and Edmonton Eskimos. He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1960.[1][2] He owned a paving company in Toronto and later was a teacher.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Merv Collins football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search".
  3. ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ^ Where are they now? MERV COLLINS Football Patton, Paul. The Globe and Mail [Toronto, Ont] 30 July 1985: P.20.
  5. ^ "Remembering the life of Mervyn Collins 1933 - 2019".


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