Ormond Beach (Canadian football)

Ormond Beach
Date of birth: October 23, 1910
Place of birth: Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Date of death: September 21, 1938 (aged 27)
Place of death: Sarnia, Ontario
Career information
Position(s): Flying Wing
Linebacker
College: University of Kansas
Organizations
As player:
1934–1937 Sarnia Imperials
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 ORFU
Awards: 1937 - Imperial Oil Trophy
Honours: Grey Cup champion - 1934, 36
Career stats

Ormond Beach (born October 23, 1910, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, died September 9, 1938, in Sarnia, Ontario) was a star football player in the Ontario Rugby Football Union for four seasons for the Sarnia Imperials. Beach, who led the Imperials to Grey Cup victories in 1934 and 1936, died at the age of 27 in an industrial accident. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

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