Date of birth | April 23, 1888 |
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Place of birth | Guelph, Ontario |
Date of death | December 22, 1963 | (aged 75)
Place of death | Toronto, Ontario |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Running back |
College | University of Toronto |
Career history | |
As player | |
1911–1914 | Toronto Argonauts |
Career stats | |
Dr. Alexander Smirle Lawson (April 23, 1888 – December 22, 1963), was a star football player in the Canadian Football League.
Lawson was born in Guelph, Ontario. He played for four seasons for the Toronto Argonauts. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. He died, aged 75, in Toronto, Ontario.