by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Nov 28, 2017
After graduating from the University of Ottawa, where he played football and earned an honours degree in physical education, Jeff Avery was a wide receiver with the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1976-82. He later became a financial planner and business owner before joining...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
The induction of James Alexander Coleman to the Football Reporters of Canada Hall of Fame surprised no one except the modest Mr. Coleman himself. Canada’s first syndicated sports columnist, his revealing articles appear in newspapers across Canada. He is a member of...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
In his career as a Montreal sports columnist – and more importantly during his many years as sports editor of Weekend Magazine, which is circulated nationally – he championed the cause of Canadian Football. He made a major contribution to the popularization of the...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Annis Stukus – The Loquacious Lithuanian – enjoyed a career spanning five decades as a player, coach, administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Emerging from the depression thirties, he quarterbacked the Argos, and then coached Edmonton Eskimos’ return to football...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Henry Viney – “The Little Man with the Big Cigar” – was an Albertan sportscaster for more than fifty years. Champion of amateur sport, he covered six Olympics, work amateur hockey, bowling and basketball championships. He refereed world basketball and several Allen...
