Bill Danychuk

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (1940–2019)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

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|name=Bill Danychuk

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|position1=Guard

|birth_date= {{birth date|1940|08|29}}

|birth_place= Timmins, Ontario, Canada

|death_date= {{death date and age|2019|12|27|1940|08|29}}

|death_place= St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

|College=Tennessee

|high_school=Niagara District Secondary School

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=3

|Weight_lbs=240

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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1964}}–{{CFL Year|1975}}

|playing_team1=Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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• 3× Grey Cup champion (1965, 1967, 1972)

|CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|1968}}, {{CFL Year|1970}}

|CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|1967}}, {{CFL Year|1968}}, {{CFL Year|1970}}, {{CFL Year|1972}}, {{CFL Year|1973}}

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William D'Arcy Danychuk (August 29, 1940 – December 27, 2019) was an all-star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. The two-time CFL All-Star played from 1964 to 1975 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Danychuk was a part of three Grey Cup Championship teams during his time with Hamilton.

He was born in northern Ontario and moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake from Quebec in his teens. Danychuk attended Niagara District Secondary School during the first years the school opened and began his football career there that eventually led him to the CFL.{{cite web | url=http://www.niagarathisweek.com/sports-story/3295456-bill-danychuk-harry-steele-join-notl-sports-wall-of-fame/ | title=Bill Danychuk, Harry Steele join NOTL Sports Wall of Fame | date=June 29, 2007 }} Also, while attending high school, Danychuk was a founding member of Beta Tau chapter, Gamma Sigma Fraternity International. He died from cancer in 2019 at the age of 79.{{cite web|url=https://www.cflaa.ca/hamilton-tiger-cat-alumnus-bill-danychuk-passes/|title=Hamilton Tiger-Cat Alumnus Bill Danychuk Passes|date=December 29, 2019|publisher=CFLAA|accessdate=January 2, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://memorials.ccbscares.ca/william-danychuk/4064056/|title = William "Bill" d'Arcy Danychuk Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information}}