Don Knowles
Born: | 1927 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
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Died: | October 19, 2017(2017-10-19) (aged 89–90) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Career information | |
Position(s) | HB |
College | Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School |
Career history | |
As player | |
1946–50 | Sarnia Imperials |
1950–51 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
1953 | Sarnia Imperials |
1954 | BC Lions |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 1949 |
Awards | 1949 - Imperial Oil Trophy |
Donald Gordon "Sleepy" Knowles (1927 – October 19, 2017) was a halfback in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.[1][2]
Coming straight from high school, Knowles played for his hometown Sarnia Imperials from 1946 to 1950, with his finest season being 1949, when he was an all-star and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as OFRU most valuable player. He later played two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,[3] returned to Sarnia for a season, and finished his football career playing a game for the 1954 inaugural BC Lions team.[4]
In 1990 he was elected to the Sarnia Lambton Sports Hall of Fame.[5] He died in 2017.[6]
References
- ^ "1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) - Pro Football Archives".
- ^ FANBASE entry : Don Knowles Archived December 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alumni". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ 1998 BC Lions Media Guide
- ^ 1990 Inductees
- ^ "Obituary of Donald Knowles | R.S. Kane Funeral Home".
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- 1935: Hugh "Bummer" Stirling
- 1936: Syd Reynolds
- 1937: Ormond Beach
- 1938: John Ferraro
- 1939: Eddie Thompson
- 1940: Nick Paithouski
- 1941: Al Lenard
- 1942: Bill Stukus
- 1943: Bob Cosgrove
- 1944: Joe Krol
- 1945: Arnie McWatters
- 1946: Frank Gnup
- 1947: Bob Paffrath
- 1948: Frank Filchock
- 1949: Don "Sleepy" Knowles
- 1950: Carl Galbreath
- 1951: Bruce Mattingly
- 1952: John Pont
- 1953: Dick Gregory
- 1954: Bob Celeri
- 1955: Bob Celeri
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