PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGERS INTERMEDIATES  1919-1920
HAMILTON TIGERS SENIORS   1921-1931

AWARDS AND HONOURS
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY  1928

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1927, 1928, 1929
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS   1928, 1929

ERNEST COX WAS RATED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST SNAPBACKS, OR CENTRES, OF ALL TIME. UNDER COACH MIKE RODDEN, COX INTRODUCED THE CROSS-FIELD DIRECT SNAP TO THE HALFBACK. THIS PLAY DIRECTLY LED TO TOUCHDOWNS IN TWO GREY CUP GAMES.

COX WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS DEFENSIVE ABILITIES AND WAS A PERENNIAL ALL-STAR. IN 1928 HE BECAME THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY, PRESENTED TO THE EASTERN PLAYER POSSESSING THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF COURAGE, FAIR PLAY, AND SPORTSMANSHIP.

THROUGHOUT HIS FOOTBALL CAREER ERNIE COX WORKED FOR THE HAMILTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ON THE GRIDIRON WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "THE IRON FIREMAN".

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, Joseph M. Breen, Lionel P. Conacher, 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