Harry "Red" Batstone (September 5, 1899 – March 10, 1972) was a Canadian

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player who played three seasons in the

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for the

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and six seasons in the intercollegiate union for Queen's University. He was inducted into the

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in the founding cohort in 1963, and into the

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in 1975.

References

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
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