{{Short description|Canadian football player (1926–2020)}} {{Infobox CFL player |name=Dean "Dino" Bandiera |image=Dean Bandiera.png |caption=Bandiera pictured c. 1945 at St. Michael's |birth_date={{birth date|1926|1|1}} |birth_place=Timmins, Ontario, Canada |death_date={{death date and age|2020|10|13|1926|1|1}} |death_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |nickname= |status= |import=no |Height_ft=6 |Height_in=0 |Weight_lbs=200 |position1=Guard |position2=Halfback |career_highlights= * 2× CFL West All-Star ({{CFL Year|1952}}, {{CFL Year|1953}}) |Awards= |Records= |playing_years1={{CFL Year|1946}}–{{CFL Year|1947}} |playing_team1=Montreal Alouettes |playing_years2={{CFL Year|1949}}–{{CFL Year|1950}} |playing_team2=Saskatchewan Roughriders |playing_years3={{CFL Year|1951}}–{{CFL Year|1953}} |playing_team3=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |playing_years4={{CFL Year|1954}}–{{CFL Year|1955}} |playing_team4=Calgary Stampeders |CollegeHOF= |CFHOF= |CFHOFYear= }} '''Dean "Dino" Bandiera''' (1 January 1926 – 13 October 2020) was a Canadian professional football player who played for the Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=bandidin001|title=Dino Bandiera Statistics on StatsCrew.com|website=www.StatsCrew.com}}</ref> He was an alumnus of St. Michael's College, Toronto. Bandiera retired from football in 1955 when he was "fired" by the Calgary Stampeders for "football misbehaviour". It was alleged that Bandiera divulged information during a game to the winning opposing team regarding the Stampeders' plays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19551011&id=UNAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WuMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6268,2070693|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dean BANDIERA |url=https://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/dean-bandiera-1080521025 |publisher=Montreal Gazette |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref>
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