Vince Scott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Player of American and Canadian football
Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1925
Place of Birth: Le Roy, New York, United States
Date of Death: 13-Jul-1992
Profession: Canadian football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Vince Scott
- Vincent Joseph "Boomer" Scott (July 10, 1925 – July 13, 1992) was a Canadian football player.
- He played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and was later a Hamilton city councillor.
- He became a Canadian citizen in the mid-1950sScott was born in Le Roy, New York.
- He suffered from polio as a child and was left with a slightly shrunken left leg, although this did not inhibit his sports career.
- He made the University of Notre Dame team as a lineman, and played for two seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the AAFC before joining the Hamilton Wildcats franchise in 1949.
- The Wildcats merged with the Hamilton Tigers in 1950 to create the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Scott played for the merged team until his retirement in 1962.
- He made six Grey Cup appearances, and helped the Tiger-Cats win the cup in 1953 and 1957. He worked at Stelco after his retirement, and later entered the real estate business.
- He hosted a talk show in the 1970s and 1980s, and was named to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
- He was elected to Hamilton City Council for the city's fourth ward in the 1982 municipal election, and subsequently participated in discussions with Tiger-Cats owner Harold Ballard to ensure that the team remained in Hamilton.
- Fellow councillor Mike Davison described him as a conservative.Scott was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1985.
- He suffered a stroke the following year, and never fully recovered.
- He died in 1992 following a lengthy illness. In 2007, he was inducted into the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Section V Football Hall of Fame.
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