Gordie Perry

Clarence Gordon Perry Sr.[1][2] (March 18, 1903 – September 19, 2003) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1970 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

Gordon Perry
Born:(1903-03-18)March 18, 1903
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died:September 19, 2003(2003-09-19) (aged 100)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
Position(s)Running back
Career history
As player
1928–1934Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
Career highlights and awards
Awards1931 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
Career stats

A multi-sport athlete, Perry was also a life member and past president of the Ottawa Curling Club.[3] Since 1961, the club has held the year-ending "Gordie Perry Bonspiel" in his honour.[4] Perry won the "Royal Jubilee" curling title in 1953 using iron stones, and then won the title again in 1956 using granite. He was also the past president of the Governor General's Curling Club.[1]

Perry, nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost" also played baseball.[5] He played centre-field in the Montreal City Baseball League, where he was a two-time batting champion and led the league in stolen bases five times.[1]

Personal life

Perry worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, and lived on Billings Avenue in Alta Vista, Ottawa and had three children. In addition to football, curling and baseball, he also boxed, swam, did track and field and badminton.[1]

References
  1. "With Perry down memory lane". Ottawa Journal. February 22, 1975. p. 18. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  2. "Charles Gordon 'Gord' Perry".
  3. "Gordon Perry "Gordie" Sr.: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam".
  4. "The Ottawa Curling Club : Special Events". Archived from the original on 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  5. National Post, 30 Dec 2000, pg S12, "Peace, parting and returns"
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