Obituary: Joe Krol, winner of six football Grey Cups, dies at 89
TORONTO — Joe Krol, a winner of six Grey Cups and Canada's athlete of the year in 1946 and 1947, has died. He was 89.
Krol died in a Toronto hospital Tuesday, the Toronto Argonauts said Wednesday. He had been hospitalized after a fall in his apartment.
A triple threat, Krol won five of six Grey Cups with the Argonauts. He won his first with the Hamilton Wildcats in 1943 and consecutive Grey Cups from 1945-47 with the Argonauts. He also won Cups in 1950 and '52.
Krol and Doug Flutie are tied in Argonauts history for most passing touchdowns in a Grey Cup game (3). Krol set the mark against Winnipeg in 1946.
Krol was voted Canada's athlete of the year by The Canadian Press.
He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
