Mike Blum

{{short description|Canadian football linebacker (1942–2008)}}

{{Infobox CFL player

|name=Mike Blum

|image=Mike Blum.jpg

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|status=Retired

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|position1=Linebacker

|number=70

|College=Northern Michigan

|birth_date={{birth date|1942|10|24}}

|birth_place=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

|death_date={{death date and age|2008|12|16|1942|10|24}}

|death_place=Toronto, Ontario, Canada

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=0

|Weight_lbs=225

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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1964}}–{{CFL Year|1967}}

|playing_team1=Ottawa Rough Riders

|playing_years2={{CFL Year|1968}}–{{CFL Year|1970}}

|playing_team2=Toronto Argonauts

|playing_years3={{CFL Year|1971}}–{{CFL Year|1972}}

|playing_team3=Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|playing_years4={{CFL Year|1973}}–{{CFL Year|1974}}

|playing_team4=Toronto Argonauts

|career_highlights=

• Grey Cup champion (1972)

|CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|1967}}, {{CFL Year|1971}}

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Mike Blum (October 24, 1942{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/memoriam |title=CFL's In Memoriam page |access-date=2017-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009104505/http://www.cfl.ca/page/memoriam |archive-date=2015-10-09 |url-status=dead }} – December 16, 2008) was a Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League. He played five seasons for the Toronto Argonauts between 1968 and 1974, and in 1972 earned a Grey Cup ring with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[https://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/556087 Ex-Argo Mike Blum dies at 65] He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Toronto on December 15, 2008{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/556166|title=Mike Blum, 66, was linebacker for Argonauts|date=2008-12-19|publisher=Toronto Star|accessdate=2008-12-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ebituaries.ca/Ebit.aspx?DaId=652099213|title=Mr Michael Blum|date=2008-12-16|work=Obituary|publisher=McEachnie Funeral Home|accessdate=2008-12-20}}