
PLAYING CAREER
BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS 1959-1966
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN RUNNING BACK 1960, 1961, 1963
ALL-CANADIAN RUNNING BACK 1963
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1963, 1964
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM 1964
WILLIE FLEMING WAS KNOWN DURING HIS CAREER AS "WILLIE THE WISP" BECAUSE OF HIS ELUSIVE RUNNING STYLE.
DURING EIGHT SEASONS FLEMING RUSHED FOR 6,125 YARDS ON 868 CARRIES, AND CAUGHT 231 PASSES FOR 4,480 YARDS. HE SCORED 86 TOUCHDOWNS, ONE OF THEM ON A 109-YARD RUSHING PLAY IN A 1964 GAME.
WILLIE FLEMING'S BEST SEASON WAS 1963 WHEN HE RUSHED FOR 1,234 YARDS, GAINED 639 YARDS ON PASS RECEPTIONS AND 154 YARDS ON KICKOFF RETURNS. FLEMING ALSO SCORED A DECISIVE TOUCHDOWN IN THE LIONS' 1964 GREY CUP WIN.
WILLIE FLEMING WAS CHOSEN MOST POPULAR B.C. LION THREE TIMES AND IS A MEMBER OF THE B.C. SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
INDUCTED 1982 - PLAYER
Class of 1982 Ron Lancaster, Vince Scott, Robert "Bud" Tinsley