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Former B.C. Lions defensive lineman Gary Robinson has died. He was 70 years old.

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The Lions made the announcement Friday, but no further details were released.

Robinson was originally drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10th overall in the 1969 CFL draft out of Simon Fraser University.

B.C. claimed him off waivers that summer and he would go on to appear in 135 regular-season games for the Lions from 1969 to 1978.

Robinson also worked as a schoolteacher, including while playing in the CFL.

Robinson was included on a list of all-time B.C.-bred CFL players compiled in 2009 by The Province, with expert help from former CKNW play-by-play man J.P. McConnell and late Province columnist Jim Taylor, who died just last month.

— With a file from CP