EXECUTIVE CAREER
DIRECTOR, OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS        1930’S – 1969
OWNER/PRESIDENT, MONTREAL ALOUETTS    1969 – 1981
PRESIDENT, CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE    1964, 1971

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (EXECUTIVE)    1940, 1941, 1948, 1951, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM (EXECUTIVE)    1940, 1951, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 

SAMUEL BERGER WAS A FAN OF OTTAWA FOOTBALL BEGINNING IN 1920, AND WENT ON TO MAKE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FRANCHISE.  HE WAS A DIRECTOR AND CLUB LAWYER ALMOST EVERY YEAR,  AND SERVED THREE THREE-YEAR TERMS AS PRESIDENT.  UNDER BERGER’S GUIDANCE, THE CLUB WENT TO THE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SEVEN TIMES, WINNING IN 1951, 1960, 1968, AND 1969.

LATE IN 1969 BERGER SOLD HIS INTEREST IN THE OTTAWA CLUB, DONATED THE PROCEEDS TO CHARITY, AND BECAME OWNER/PRESIDENT OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES.  HE REVITALIZED THE STRUGGLING ORGANIZATION AND THE TEAM APPEARED IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SIX TIMES.  THE GREY CUP CAME HOME TO MONTREAL IN 1970, 1974, AND 1977.

SAMUEL BERGER WAS LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE EASTERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AND WAS PRESIDENT THREE TIMES.  HE PARTICIPATED IN THE FORMULATION OF THE CFL AND EASTERN CONFERENCE CONSTITUTIONS AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DRAFTING OF THE FIRST LEAGUE T.V. CONTRACT.

INDUCTED 1993 – BUILDER

Class of 1993 Peter Dalla Riva, Herm Harrison, Whit Tucker