PLAYING CAREER
SARNIA IMPERIALS  1934 – 1937

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ORFU ALL-STAR TEAM  1934, 1935, 1936 1937
ORFU MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD 1937

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1934, 1936
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS  1934, 1936

ORMOND BEACH WAS AN OUTSTANDING FLYING WING AND DEFENSIVE LINEBACKER.  HE LED THE IMPERIALS TO FOUR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TWO GREY CUP VICTORIES DURING HIS SHORT CAREER.

ORM BEACH WAS EXTREMELY WELL-LIKED BY THE PEOPLE OF SARNIA AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATHLETES EVER TO PLAY IN THE CITY.  HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1938 WAS MOURNED BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.  THE “ORM BEACH TROPHY” IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO THE OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL PLAYER IN SARNIA.

IN THE UNITED STATES, THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AT PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOUR.  THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ANNUALLY PRESENTS A GOLD WATCH IN ORM BEACH’S MEMORY.

INDUCTED 1963 – PLAYER

CHARTER MEMBER

Class of 1963 Earl Grey, D. Wes Brown, John DeGruchy, "Seppi" DuMoulin, William C. Foulds, Frank J. Hannibal, Alvin Ritchie, Harry L. Batstone, Joseph M. Breen, Lionel P. Conacher, Ernest Cox, Jake Jacobs, Eddie "Dynamite" James, Fritz Hanson, Smirle Lawson, Frank R. "Pep" Leadlay, Norman Perry, Teddy Reeve, Jeff Russel, David S. Sprague, Brian M. Timmis, Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz