Don Knowles
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Donald Gordon "Sleepy" Knowles (1927 – October 19, 2017) was a halfback in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.[1][2]
PositionHalfback
DiedOctober 19, 2017 (aged 89–90)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CollegeSarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1927 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | October 19, 2017 (aged 89–90) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Career information | |
| College | Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School |
| Career history | |
| 1946–50 | Sarnia Imperials |
| 1950–51 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1953 | Sarnia Imperials |
| 1954 | BC Lions |
| Awards and highlights | |
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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]
