playing_years death_date death_place birth_place playing_team article_title position cfhofyear birth_date cfhof college name
1924 -- 1925 13 october 1978 toronto , ontario toronto , ontario toronto argonauts joe breen
 running back 1963 23 april 1897 breenjoe university of toronto joe breen
joe breen

joseph m. breen -lrb- born april 23 , 1897 , in toronto , ontario , died october 13 , 1978 , in toronto , ontario -rrb- was a star football player in the canadian football league for two seasons for the toronto argonauts .
later , he coached at the university of western ontario and was a referee from 1935 through 1940 .
he was inducted into the canadian football hall of fame in 1963 and into the canada 's sports hall of fame in 1975 .
