Canadian football player (1919–2016)
Tony Golab Born: January 17, 1919Windsor, Ontario , Canada Died: October 16, 2016 (aged 97)Ottawa, Ontario , Canada CFL status National Position(s) HB , FW Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Weight 210 lb (95 kg) 1959 Atlantic Football Conference 1968 –1969 Montreal Alouettes 1952–1953 Royal Military College of Canada 1954–1957 Royal Military College of Canada 1938 Sarnia Imperials 1939 –1941 Ottawa Rough Riders 1942 Ottawa Uplands (RCAF )1945 –1950 Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL East All-Star 1938 , 1940 , 1945 , 1947 , 1948 Awards 1941 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy 1941 Lionel Conacher Award Retired #s Ottawa Rough Riders #72
Anthony Charles Golab , CM (January 17, 1919 – October 16, 2016) was a Canadian football halfback and flying wing who played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for 11 years with the Sarnia Imperials , Ottawa Rough Riders , and Ottawa Uplands . He was born in Windsor, Ontario .
Golab played with the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1939 to 1950. He was part of the 1939 , 1941 , and 1948 Grey Cup finalist teams and was part of the winning 1940 Grey Cup champions. He was an Eastern All-Star at halfback in 1938, 1940, and 1945 and at flying wing in 1947 and 1948.
In 1964, he was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame . In 1975, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame . In 1985, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada . In 1997, he was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame .[1] He died at the Perley Veterans Health Centre in Ottawa, Ontario in October 2016 at the age of 97.[2]
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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