Date of birth: | May 9, 1878 |
Place of birth: | Peterborough, Ontario |
Date of death: | October 20, 1964 | (aged 86)
Place of death: | Hamilton, Ontario |
Career information | |
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Position(s): | Running back Placekicker |
College: | Queen's University |
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As player: | |
1899–1903 1904-1910 |
Queen's University Hamilton Tigers |
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1963 |
Benjamin L. Simpson (born September 5, 1878, in Peterborough, Ontario, died October 20, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for seven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.