Don Knowles
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Date of birth | c. 1927 |
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Place of birth | Sarnia, Ontario |
Career information | |
Position(s) | HB |
College | Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School |
Career history | |
As player | |
1946–50 | Sarnia Imperials |
1950–51 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
1953 | Sarnia Imperials |
1954 | BC Lions |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 1949 |
Awards | 1949 - Imperial Oil Trophy |
Don "Sleepy" Knowles (born c. 1927) was an award winning and all-star halfback in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.[1][2]
Coming straight from high school, Knowles played for his hometown Sarnia Imperials from 1946 to 1950, with his finest season being 1949, when he was an all-star and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as OFRU most valuable player. He later played two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,[3] returned to Sarnia for a season, and finished his football career playing a game for the 1954 inaugural BC Lions team.[4]
In 1990 he was elected to the Sarnia Lambton Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/1954wifubc.html
- ↑ FANBASE entry : Don Knowles
- ↑ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alumni
- ↑ 1998 BC Lions Media Guide
- ↑ 1990 Inductees