Bruce Cummings
This article is about the Canadian football player. For the English diarist, see W. N. P. Barbellion.
For the Korean War historian, see Bruce Cumings
| Date of birth | 1927 (age 88–89) |
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| Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 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 Cummings, was an award winning, all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football player with the Ottawa Rough Riders, playing from 1950 to 53.[1][2]
Born in Ottawa and a star football player at the University of Toronto,[3] 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.[4][5]
His father, W. Garfield Cummings, was a local politician and former Ottawa footballer.[6]
References
- ↑ Ottawa Rough Rider Player Database
- ↑ 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
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