Gary W. C. Williams

Gary W.C. Williams
Career information
Date of birth	1936
Place of birth	Campbellford, Ontario
Position(s)	RB
CJFL	Toronto Parkdale Lions
Career history
As player
1957	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
Awards	1957 - Gruen Trophy

Gary W.C. Williams is a former award winning Canadian Football League player.

A graduate of the Toronto Parkdale Lions junior program, Williams played 13 games for the Toronto Argonauts in 1957. He rushed once for 2 yards, and caught 1 pass for a touchdown. It was his 72 punt returns for 424 yards (a 5.9 yards average) that won him the Gruen Trophy as the Eastern Conference (the Big Four) rookie of the year.^[1] This was when the trophy was awarded only to Canadian players. He was cut during the 1958 training camp, playing only 1 year.

References

↑ Dick Shatto Captures Jeff Russel Trophy - The Montreal Gazette - Nov 8, 1957

Gruen Trophy - Best Canadian Rookie in the Big Four or CFL Eastern Conference

1946: Brennan
1947: Greene
1948: English
1949: Loreno
1950: McDonald
1951: Bitkowski
1952: Fedosoff
1953: Dawson
1954: Howell
1955: Mularchyk
1956: Grant
1957: Williams
1958: Brewer
1959: Poirier
1960: Mitchell
1961: Berretta
1962: Tucker
1963: Black
1964: Irwin
1965: Evanshen
1966: Wadsworth
1967: Giardino
1968: Knechtel
1969: Phaneuf
1970: Corrigall
1971: Foley
1972: Richardson

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