Willie Fleming

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