Billy "Bubbles" Myers (September 7, 1923 – April 13, 2019) was a

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player who played for the

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. He won the

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with them in 1945 and 1946. He previously played football with the Vaughan Road Academy,

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and the

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. After his football career, he coached football from 1955 to 1985 at Earl Haig Collegiate. Myers died in

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in 2019 at the age of 95.Billy Myers' obituary
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