William C. Foulds

EXECUTIVE CAREER
COACH, TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1911, 1914,1915
PRESIDENT, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION 1921, 1937
VICE-PRESIDENT CRU  1933 - 1936
SECRETARY TREASURE  1920

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1909, 1914 (coach)
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1909, 1914 (coach
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WILLIAM C. FOULDS BEGAN HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AS A QUARTERBACK FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD THAT WON THE FIRST GREY CUP IN 1909.
AFTER COACHING THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS TO A GREY CUP VICTORY IN 1914, HE HELD VARIOUS EXECUTIVE POSTS. IN ADDITION TO HOLDING NUMEROUS POSITIONS WITH THE CANADIAN RUGBY UNION, FOULDS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE RULES COMMISSION AND REFEREE-IN-CHIEF OF THE INTERPROVINCIAL RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION.


FOULDS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE EAST/WEST GREY CUP FINAL IN 1921. IN ORDER FOR THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS TO TRAVEL EAST FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WERE NEEDED. WILLIAM C. FOULDS PUT UP HIS OWN MONEY SO THAT THE FIRST TRULY NATIONAL GREY CUP GAME COULD BE HELD.

INDUCTED 1963 – BUILDER

CHARTER MEMBER

Class of 1963 Earl Grey, D. Wes Brown, John DeGruchy, "Seppi" DuMoulin, Frank J. Hannibal, Alvin Ritchie, Harry L. Batstone, Ormond Beach, Joseph M. Breen, Lionel P. Conacher, Ernest Cox, 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