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non-import Cdn Football

• n. an American player who, by virtue of having played in the Canadian league for four years, is no longer to be counted as one of the limited number of imported players allowed each team.

  See also: import (def. 2)  

  • 1964  . . . Americans only had to live here four years to qualify as non-imports.
  • 1966  . . . it was the Rough Riders that pressed for a new definition of non-imports. . . .