Tony Golab

PLAYING CAREER
SARNIA IMPERIALS  1938
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS  1939-1941, 1945-1950
OTTAWA UPLANDS (RCAF)  1942

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN RUNNING BACK 1939, 1940, 1945
ALL-EASTERN FLYING WING  1947, 1948
ALL-CANADIAN   NINE TIMES
LIONAL CONCACHER AWARD  1941

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1939, 1940, 1941, 1948
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM  1940

ANTHONY (TONY) GOLAB WAS KNOWN AS THE "GOLDEN BOY" DURING HIS FOOTBALL CAREER. HE WAS ONE OF THE GAME'S FINEST BACKFIELDERS AND WAS ALL-CANADIAN ALMOST EVERY YEAR HE PLAYED. GOLAB APPEARED IN FOUR GREY CUP GAMES, BUT THE 1941 CONTEST WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE. AFTER KICKING A HIGH, SHORT PUNT, GOLAB RUSHED UP AND RECOVERED THE BALL, THEN RAN IT IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

AFTER BEING SERIOUSLY WOUNDED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, GOLAB RETURNED TO STAR ON THE GRIDIRON FOR SEVERAL MORE SEASONS. TONY GOLAB IS A MEMBER OF CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.  HE WAS NAMED TO THE ORDER OF CANADA IN 1986. 

INDUCTED 1964 - PLAYER

Class of 1964 Dr. Tom Casey, Ross Brown Craig, Teddy Morris, Jack Newton, Michael J. Rodden, Paul Rowe, A.H. "Bert" WarwickHuck Welch