PLAYING CAREER
CALGARY STAMPEDERS   1952 – 1954
EDMONTON ESKIMOS   1954 – 1964

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN RUNNING BACK  1952, 1957 – 1961
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD 1959
EDDIE JAMES MEMORIAL TROPHY    1952, 1957 – 1959
EDMONTON ATHLETE OF THE YEAR  1959

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1954, 1955, 1956

WHILE ATTENDING DRAKE UNIVERSITY, JOHN BRIGHT SET 20 RECORDS IN FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, AND BASKETBALL.  HE WAS THE FIRST DRAFT CHOICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES IN 1951.

DURING HIS CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL CAREER, BRIGHT CARRIED THE BALL 1,969 TIMES FOR 10,909 YARDS AND 70 TOUCHDOWNS.  HE WAS THE LEAGUE’S LEADING RUSHER IN 1957, 1958, AND 1959.  HE CARRIED FOR OVER 1,000 YARDS FIVE SEASONS IN A ROW.  IN 1957 BRIGHT HAD NINE 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES, EIGHT OF THEM CONSECUTIVE.

JOHNNY BRIGHT IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE IOWA SPORTS HALL OF FAME, THE ALBERTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME, THE EDMONTON SPORTS HALL OF FAME, AND THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS WALL OF FAME.

Media

Feature Video 

INDUCTED 1970 – PLAYERS

Class of 1970 Kenneth G. Montgomery, Gordon Perry