About Juan Sheridan
Lived 1925 – 1969 (aged 44). Juan Sheridan was a Canadian canadian football player.
Juan Sheridan (February 2, 1925 – October 7, 1969) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player.
Sheridan won his first Grey Cup with Montreal St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy team in 1944 (when league play was suspended during World War II.) After three seasons in the Ontario Rugby Football Union with the Toronto Indians and Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers, he began a nine-year career with the Montreal Alouettes. Over the course of 105 regular season games he scored only 1 touchdown, but his football fame came as a member of the Als first Grey Cup winning team in 1949.
Sheridan spoke Russian fluently, and translated on behalf of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team on their tour of Canada in 1962.
Sheridan died of a heart attack on October 7, 1969, in Howick, Quebec, aged 44.
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Who was Juan Sheridan?
Canadian football player
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Juan Sheridan was born on 2 February 1925 in Havana.
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Juan Sheridan died on 7 October 1969 in Howick.
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Juan Sheridan was a canadian football player.
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Juan Sheridan was Canadian.
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