Alex Denman

{{Short description|Canadian football player (1901–1958)}}

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|name=Alec Denman

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|Position=Guard & Flying Wing

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|College=Woodstock College

|birth_date=1901

|birth_place=Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

|death_date={{death date and age|1958|2|26|1901}}

|death_place=Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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|playing_years1=1923–33

|playing_team1=Hamilton Tigers

|career_highlights=

• 3× Grey Cup champion (1928, 1929, 1932)
• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (1932)

|CFLAllStar=1926, 28, 31, 32

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John Alexander Denman (1901 – February 26, 1958) was a Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian football player, playing from 1923 to 1933 with the Hamilton Tigers.[http://www.htcaa.ca/history-rosters.asp?roster=HTG Hamilton Tiger-Cat Alumni Association: Tigers Roster]

A graduate of Woodstock CollegeAround and About - Calling Woodstock Alumni! by Tommy Shields Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 1947 Denman went on to have an all-star 11 year football career with the Tigers. Select 4 times as an all-star and the winner of 3 Grey Cups, his best season was 1932 when, in addition to his all-star, he won the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as outstanding player in the east.Alec Denman to Retire - Holder of Jeff Russel Trophy Giving Up Football Montreal Gazette November 8, 1933 Denman was part of an inquiry by the Director of Dental Services for Ontario, and he reported having lost 3 teeth playing football.Rugby's Toll in Teeth Montreal Gazette November 1, 1933 He later worked as a district representative for a cigarette company, and died in Sudbury in 1958.{{cite news|title=Ex-Grid Star Alex Denman Dies Suddenly|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star-obituary-for-alex-denman/130974914/|newspaper=The Sault Star|date=February 27, 1958|access-date=August 31, 2023}}{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star-obituary-for-denman-john/130975097/ | title=Obituary for DENMAN John Alexander | newspaper=The Sault Star | date=February 27, 1958 | page=2 }}