Bruce Cummings
Born: | March 1927 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Died: | (aged 64) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Halfback |
College | University of Toronto |
Career history | |
As player | |
1950–53 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 1951 |
Awards | 1951 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy |
Honors | Grey Cup champion - 1951 |
Bruce Frederick Cummings,[1] (March 1927 – June 16, 1991) was an award-winning, all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football player with the Ottawa Rough Riders, playing from 1950 to 53.[2][3]
Born in Ottawa and a star football player at the University of Toronto,[4] Cummings joined his hometown Riders in 1950. Though his career was relatively brief, he enjoyed a complete season in 1951, being named an all-star, winning the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as the best player in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and hoisting the Grey Cup as champion.[5][6]
His father, W. Garfield Cummings, was a local politician and former Ottawa footballer.[7] Bruce Cummings died at the age of 64 in 1991 following a heart attack.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ Ottawa Rough Rider Player Database Archived March 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FANBASE entry : Bruce Cummings
- ^ Ex-Nepean Star leads Toronto Blues to 15-5 Victory - Bruce Cummings sinks Queen's team Ottawa Citizen, November 10, 1947
- ^ Bruce and Bruno Winners, by Jack Koffman Hamilton Spectator, November 8, 1951
- ^ Cummings Wins Football Award Calgary Herald, November 8, 1951
- ^ Former Nepean Reeve W.G. Cummings Passes Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1959
- ^ "Former Rough Rider dead at 64". The Ottawa Citizen. June 17, 1991. p. 18. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Deaths". The Ottawa Citizen. June 18, 1991. p. E18. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
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- 1928: Cox
- 1929: Wilson
- 1930: Turville
- 1931: Perry
- 1932: Denman
- 1933: Welch
- 1934: Box
- 1935: Eliowitz
- 1936: Morrison
- 1937: Morris
- 1938: Cutler
- 1939: Davies
- 1940: Tommy
- 1941: Golab
- 1942–44: no award – World War II
- 1945: Fraser
- 1946: Krol
- 1947: Wagner
- 1948: Chipper
- 1949: Copeland
- 1950: Loney
- 1951: Cummings
- 1952: Mazza
- 1953: Cunningham
- 1954: Etcheverry
- 1955: Stone
- 1956: Patterson
- 1957: Shatto
- 1958: Etcheverry
- 1959: Jackson
- 1960: Stewart
- 1961: Oliver
- 1962: Dixon
- 1963: Henley
- 1964: Shatto
- 1965: Faloney
- 1966: Gaines
- 1967: Stewart
- 1968: Fairholm
- 1969: Jackson
- 1970: Symons
- 1971: Profit
- 1972: Henley