EXECUTIVE CAREER
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH, TORONTO AND WINDSOR 1930-1965
PHYSICAL TRAINING COORDINATOR, RCAF  11 YEARS
CANADIAN RUGBY UNION RULES COMMITTEE  BEGINNING IN 1947
REFEREE-IN-CHIEF, CANADIAN INTERUNIVERSITY ATHLETIC UNION
 
HECTOR (HEC) CRIGHTON COACHED YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. WHILE HE WAS A WING COMMANDER WITH THE RCAF, CRIGHTON COORDINATED PHYSICAL TRAINING AND ARRANGED ALL SPORTS PROGRAMMES FOR PERSONNEL FOR 11 YEARS.

CRIGHTON WAS APPOINTED TO THE CRU RULES COMMITTEE IN 1947 AND REWROTE THE RULE BOOK IN 1952. HE ALSO REWROTE THE UNIVERSITY RULE BOOK WHILE SERVING AS REFEREE-IN-CHIEF WITH THE CIAU. HEC CRIGHTON WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANADIAN COLLEGE BOWL IN 1965. THE CIAU ANNUALLY PRESENTS THE "HEC CRIGHTON TROPHY" TO THE OUTSTANDING PLAYER IN CANADIAN INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL.

HECTOR CRIGHTON IS A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1986 – BUILDER

Class of 1986 John Helton, Don Luzzi, Roger Nelson, Jimmie Simpson