Ormond Beach (Canadian football)
Appearance
Born: | Pawhuska, Oklahoma, U.S. | October 23, 1910
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Died: | September 21, 1938 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada | (aged 27)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Flying Wing Linebacker |
College | University of Kansas |
Career history | |
As player | |
1934–1937 | Sarnia Imperials |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 ORFU |
Career stats | |
Ormond Beach (October 23, 1910 – September 9, 1938) 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 aged 27 in an industrial accident.[failed verification] He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Historical Dictionary of Football
- ^ "Hall of Fame Player". cfhof.ca. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1938 deaths
- People from Pawhuska, Oklahoma
- Players of Canadian football from Oklahoma
- Players of American football from Oklahoma
- Kansas Jayhawks football players
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Ontario Rugby Football Union players
- Sarnia Imperials players
- Accidental deaths in Ontario
- Industrial accident deaths
- Canadian football biography stubs