Canadian football player
This article is about the Canadian football player. For the English diarist, see
W. N. P. Barbellion .
Bruce Frederick Cummings ,[1] (March 1927 – June 16, 1991) was an all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football player with the Ottawa Rough Riders , playing from 1950 to 53.[2] [3]
Born in Ottawa and a star football player at the University of Toronto ,[4] 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.[5] [6]
His father, W. Garfield Cummings, was a local politician and former Ottawa footballer.[7] Bruce Cummings died at the age of 64 in 1991 following a heart attack.[8] [9]
References
^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search" .
^ Ottawa Rough Rider Player Database Archived March 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ 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
^ "Former Rough Rider dead at 64" . The Ottawa Citizen . June 17, 1991. p. 18. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
^ "Deaths" . The Ottawa Citizen . June 18, 1991. p. E18. Retrieved August 26, 2019 .
Before re-purposing in 1973 the trophy was awarded to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship, and courage in the IRFU or the CFL East