PLAYING CAREER
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1914 – 1915, 1919 – 1920
PARKDALE CANOE CLUB 1921 – 1923
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1924 – 1925

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1914, 1920
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1920

JOSEPH M. (JOE) BREEN EXCELLED IN FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, AND TRACK AND FIELD.  AFTER SERVING WITH THE CANADIAN ENGINEERS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR, HE RETURNED TO STAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.  HE CAPTAINED THE SQUAD TO GREY CUP VICTORY OVER THE ARGONAUTS IN 1920.

BREEN COACHED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FROM 1929 TO 1934 AND INSTILLED IN HIS MEN A FINE KNOWLEDGE AND A DETERMINATION TO WIN.  THE TEAM WON THE INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1931.  JOE BREEN IS A MEMBER OF CANADA’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

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, Ormond Beach, 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