Ross Craig

PLAYING CAREER
PETERBOROUGH BLUE BOMBERS 1904 – 1905
DUNDAS INTERMEDIATES  1907 – 1908
HAMILTON ROWING CLUB  1909 – 1910
HAMILTON ALERTS   1911 – 1912
HAMILTON TIGERS   1913 – 1915, 1919 – 1920

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1912, 1913
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS  1912, 1913


ROSS BROWN CRAIG WAS A SOLID, HARD-HITTING RUNNING BACK. HE WAS RATED BY OPPOSING CLUBS AS THE GREATEST LINE-PLUNGING BALL CARRIER OF THE DAY. CRAIG HAD TREMENDOUS POWER FROM A START OF ONE OR TWO STEPS, MAKING HIM A DEVASTATING FORCE. THIS WAS DURING A TIME WHEN THE RULES OFFERED A MINIMUM OF RUNNING ROOM.

CRAIG PLAYED IN TWO GREY CUP GAMES, BOTH OF THEM VICTORIES. IN THE 1913 GAME THE TIGERS SOUNDLY DEFEATED TORONTO PARKDALE 44 – 2, AND CRAIG PLAYED A TREMENDOUS GAME. HE SCORED THREE TOUCHDOWNS, A FEAT WHICH HAS SELDOM BEEN EQUALLED.

INDUCTED 1964 – PLAYER

Class of 1964 Dr. Tom Casey, Tony Golab, Teddy Morris, Jack Newton, Michael J. Rodden, Paul Rowe, A.H. "Bert" WarwickHuck Welch