Juan Sheridan was a Grey Cup

Grey Cup

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 champion Canadian Football League

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Sheridan won his first Grey Cup with Montreal St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy

St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy

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 team in 1944 (when league play was suspended during World War II

World War II

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.) After three seasons in the Ontario Rugby Football Union

Ontario Rugby Football Union

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 with the Toronto Indians

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 and Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers

Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers

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, he began a nine year career with the Montreal Alouettes

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. Over the course of 105 regular season games he scored only 1 touchdown, but his football fame came as a member of the Als first Grey Cup winning team in 1949.

He died of a heart attack on October 7, 1969 in Howick, Quebec

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