Arthur U. Chipman

EXECUTIVE CAREER
EXECUTIVE, WINNIPEG RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB   1936 – 1944
PRESIDENT, WINNIPEG RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB   1944 – 1948
PRESIDENT, WESTERN INTERPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL UNION 1949
PRESIDENT, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION    1952

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (EXECUTIVE) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM (EXECUTIVE) 1939, 1941

ARTHUR U. CHIPMAN SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND ALSO AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE WINNIPEG ORGANIZATION, BEFORE BECOMING THE CLUB PRESIDENT IN 1945.

THE ADMINISTRATION OPERATED IN AN OPEN, BUSINESS-LIKE MANNER AND CHIPMAN WAS CREDITED WITH KEEPING THE GAME OF FOOTBALL ALIVE IN THE WEST DURING THE WAR YEARS. WHEN CHIPMAN RETIRED AS PRESIDENT HE LEFT THE CLUB’S FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

CHIPMAN LEFT A LEGACY OF SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WESTERN INTERPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL UNION AND THE CANADIAN RUGBY UNION.

ARTHUR U. CHIPMAN IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WINNIPEG FOOTBALL CLUB HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1969 – BUILDER

Class of 1969 Dr. Andrew P. Davies, Abe Eliowitz, Sam Etcheverry, Normie Kwong, Art Stevenson