Bernie Custis

PLAYING CAREER

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1951 - 1954
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS 1955, 1956

COACHING CAREER

TIP TOPS 1958
EAST YORK ARGONAUTS 1959
OAKVILLE BLACK KNIGHTS 1960 - 1963
BURLINGTON BRAVES 1964 - 1972
SHERIDAN COLLEGE 1973 - 1980
McMASTER UNIVERSITY 1981 - 1988

AWARDS AND HONOURS

ALL-STAR COACH 1975, 1977, 1978
ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION (OUAA) COACH OF THE YEAR 1982 - 1985
FRANK TINDALL TROPHY FOR BEING THE CIAU COACH OF THE YEAR  1982
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION AS A PLAYER 1953
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS AS A PLAYER 1953

Bernie Custis' coaching career spanned various levels of football over a period of 31 years. Success followed him everywhere he went. 

In his eight seasons with the Burlington Braves of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL), Custis compiled a record of 74 wins, 20 losses, three Ontario championships and two Eastern Canadian titles.

At the college level, Custis took the Sheridan College Bruins to 6 OCAA and Eastern Canadian titles. In Custis' first year at McMaster University, he brought the Marauders from seventh place to first.

INDUCTED 1998 – BUILDER

 

Class of 1998 Dave Cutler, Joe Poplawski, Larry Robinson, Tom Scott