Bob Cosgrove
Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Center, Guard, Tackle |
| College: | University of Montana |
Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1938-40 1941 1942 1943 1945-46 1947 1948 1949 |
Calgary Bronks Toronto Argonauts Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers Toronto RCAF Hurricanes Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers Toronto Indians Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers Toronto Argonauts |
Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945 |
| Awards: | 1943 - Imperial Oil Trophy |
Bob Cosgrove was an award winning and all-star offensive lineman in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.[1]
A graduate of the University of Montana Cosgrove began his football career in the WIFU with the Calgary Bronks. He turned professional in the east with Toronto Argonauts in 1941,[2] but moved to the ORFU the next season with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers, where he was an all-star.
Perhaps his best season was 1943 with the wartime Toronto RCAF Hurricanes, when he was again an all-star and winner of the Imperial Oil Trophy as the ORFU most valuable player.[3]
Cosgrove later played for several Toronto teams: the Beachers, the Toronto Indians, the Beachers again when they merged with the Indians, and finally another year with the Argos (he played 13 regular season and 2 playoff games with the Boatmen in his two years).[4]
References
- ↑ CFLAPEDIA entry: Bob Cosgrove
- ↑ Toronto Argonauts 2008 Media Guide
- ↑ Nominees Named for Rugby Award Edmonton Journal, November 10, 1943
- ↑ Toronto Argonauts 2008 Media Guide
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