PLAYING CAREER
PLAYER/COACH, REGINA ROUGHRIDERS  1936 – 1943
PLAYER/COACH, TORONTO BALMY BEACH  1944
PLAYER/COACH, PART OWNER, CALGARY STAMPEDERS 1945 - 1947

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN CENTRE    1937, 1938, 1940

IN 1936 DEAN GRIFFING WAS HIRED AS THE COACH OF THE REGINA ROUGHRIDERS. HOWEVER, DUE TO AN INJURY TO THE TEAM'S CENTRE, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR GRIFFING TO PLAY AS WELL. HE WAS KNOWN AS "BAD MAN" THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER BECAUSE OF HIS HARD-HITTING, RUGGED PLAYING STYLE.

WHILE GRIFFING WAS STILL ACTIVE ON THE PLAYING FIELD WITH CALGARY, HE AND OTHER INVESTORS REORGANIZED THE FOOTBALL CLUB FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AFTER RETIRING FROM FOOTBALL FOR SEVERAL YEARS, DEAN GRIFFING RETURNED TO MANAGE SASKATCHEWAN DURING THE MID-1950S.

INDUCTED 1965 – PLAYER

Class of 1965 R. Harold Bailey, Ab Box,  Robert (Big Bob) Isbister, Frank S. McGill, Clair J. Warner