Bill Ceretti
{{Short description|Canadian football player}}
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|name=Bill Ceretti
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|position1=Guard
|position2=Defensive tackle
|birth_date={{Birth-date|March 10, 1912}}
|birth_place=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|death_date={{Death-date and age|May 5, 1974|March 10, 1912}}
|death_place=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|playing_years1=1931–41, 46–48
|playing_team1=Winnipeg Blue Bombers
|career_highlights=
- 3× Grey Cup champion (1935, 1939, 1941)
- Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame (1985)
- Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2001)
|CFLAllStar=1938, 40, 46
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Bill Ceretti (March 10, 1912 – May 5, 1974), was an offensive and defensive lineman who played thirteen seasons for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers franchise. He was a three-time Grey Cup champion, having won in 1935, 1939, and 1941. In 1975, sportswriter Vince Leah called Ceretti "one of the finest Canadian-born linemen in the history of the game." In 2001, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021065735/http://halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2004/bCeretti.htm Bill Ceretti’s biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080424160924/http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/ Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum]
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{{27th Grey Cup}}
{{29th Grey Cup}}
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Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
Category:Canadian football defensive linemen
Category:Players of Canadian football from Manitoba
Category:Canadian football people from Winnipeg
Category:Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees
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