# Les Ascott

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{{short description|Canadian football player}}
{{Infobox CFL player
   |name=Les Ascott
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   |import=
   |Position=[Offensive tackle](/source/Offensive_tackle), [Offensive guard](/source/Offensive_guard), [Defensive tackle](/source/Defensive_tackle)
   |number=52
   |College=
   |birth_date={{Birth date|1921|10|2}}
   |birth_place= [Peterborough, Ontario](/source/Peterborough%2C_Ontario), Canada
   |death_date= {{death date and age|2013|08|08|1921|10|2}} 
   |death_place= Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
   |Height_ft=
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   |playing_years1=1940–1941
   |playing_team1=[Toronto Argonauts](/source/Toronto_Argonauts)
   |playing_years2=1942
   |playing_team2=Toronto Navy Bulldogs
   |playing_years3=1943
   |playing_team3=Halifax Navy
   |playing_years4=1944
   |playing_team4=Toronto Navy Bulldogs
   |playing_years5=1945–1953
   |playing_team5=Toronto Argonauts
   |career_highlights= 
* 5× [Grey Cup](/source/Grey_Cup) champion ([1945](/source/33rd_Grey_Cup), [1946](/source/34th_Grey_Cup), [1947](/source/35th_Grey_Cup), [1950](/source/38th_Grey_Cup), [1952](/source/40th_Grey_Cup))
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'''Leslie Ascott''' (October 2, 1921 – August 8, 2013) was a professional [football](/source/Canadian_football) player with the [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League) [Toronto Argonauts](/source/Toronto_Argonauts) for 11 seasons.  Ascott primarily played the [offensive tackle](/source/offensive_tackle) position with the Argos and was a part of five [Grey Cup](/source/Grey_Cup) championship teams.

In 1981 Ascott was inducted into the Peterborough Sports Hall of Fame.

In a 2004 ceremony at [Rogers Centre](/source/Rogers_Centre), Ascott's jersey number 52 was retired and his name was added to the Argonauts' Wall of Honour.

Ascott lived in Peterborough, with his wife of 50 years, Irene. He had two children, Terry and Barbara, and three granddaughters. He died August 8, 2013, in his hometown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/08/09/les-ascott-was-argonauts-legend |title=Les Ascott was Argonauts legend |publisher=Peterborough Examiner |date=2013-08-09 |accessdate=2013-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=leslie-ascott&pid=166342026&fhid=12309#fbLoggedOut|title = LESLIE ASCOTT Obituary (2013) - PETERBOROUGH, ON - Toronto Star|website = [Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nisbettfuneralhome.sharingmemories.ca/siteContent/memorial.html?personId=241310&source=memlist|title = Leslie Ascott &#124; Peterborough &#124; Nisbett Funeral Home}}</ref>

==References==
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{{33rd Grey Cup}}
{{34th Grey Cup}}
{{35th Grey Cup}}
{{38th Grey Cup}}
{{40th Grey Cup}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090915185327/http://www.cfl.ca/page/cfl-veterans Bio - Les Ascott]

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Category:1921 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Canadian football offensive linemen
Category:Toronto Argonauts players
Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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