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Name
  
Glenn McWhinney

CFL status
  
National

Status
  
Retired


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Date of birth
  
(1930-08-10)August 10, 1930

Date of death
  
April 14, 2012(2012-04-14) (aged 81)

Died
  
April 14, 2012, Winnipeg, Canada

Place of birth
  
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Place of death
  
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Glenn Simpson "Keeper" McWhinney (August 10, 1930 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He won the Grey Cup with the Eskimos in 1954. McWhinney's football career was ended in 1956 when he sustained a broken neck. He later joined the Blue Bombers as a scout from 1956 to 1958. McWhinney also played basketball in the Winnipeg Men's Senior League. He died in 2012; a park in Winnipeg is named after him.

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Glenn McWhinney Wikipedia