Bert Iannone

{{Short description|Canadian football player (1917–1996)}}

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| name = Bert Iannone

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|3|10}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|2|16|1917|3|10}}

| death_place = Langley, British Columbia, Canada

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| position1 = Guard

| position2 = Tackle

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 195

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1939}}–{{CFL Year|1940}}

| playing_team1 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1941}}–{{CFL Year|1941}}

| playing_team2 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1945}}–{{CFL Year|1947}}

| playing_team3 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_team4 = Calgary Stampeders

| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|1950}}–{{CFL Year|1952}}

| playing_team5 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

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|playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|1948}}–{{CFL Year|1949}}}}

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.100 years of Canadian Football by Gordon Currie and the Stampeders in 1948.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=iannober001| title = Bert Iannone football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} He previously played junior football in Winnipeg.Sketches in Brief of Players for Football Final: Calgary

The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Nov 25, 1948;

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2011)

pg. 20 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.{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1996/03-23/page-48|title = Winnipeg Free Press Archives, Mar 23, 1996, p. 48|date = 23 March 1996}}

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