Born: | 1927 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
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Died: | October 19, 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 89–90)
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 |
Donald Gordon "Sleepy" Knowles (1927 – October 19, 2017) was a 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] He died in 2017. [6]
Born: | 1927 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
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Died: | October 19, 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 89–90)
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 |
Donald Gordon "Sleepy" Knowles (1927 – October 19, 2017) was a 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] He died in 2017. [6]