Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith

EXECUTIVE CAREER
COACH, RIDLEY COLLEGE   1899 - 1907, 1911 - 1949
COACH, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO  1908 - 1910
PRESIDENT, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION  1913
RULES COMMITTEE, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (COACH)  1909, 1910
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (COACH)  1909, 1910

HARRY CRAWFORD GRIFFITH PLAYED QUARTERBACK FOR THE FIRST TEAMS AT RIDLEY AND TRINITY COLLEGES.


AN EXCELLENT COACH, DR. GRIFFITH POSSESSED A GREAT ABILITY TO MOTIVATE HIS YOUNG PLAYERS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. HE WAS NOTED FOR DEVELOPING 60-MINUTE TEAMS AND GREATLY STRESSED CONDITIONING AS A METHOD OF PREVENTING INJURIES. HIS UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SQUAD WON THE GREY CUP IN 1909 AND 1910,  THE FIRST TWO YEARS THE TROPHY WAS PRESENTED.


DR. GRIFFITH SERVED THE CANADIAN RUGBY UNION WITH DISTINCTION IN THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT AND AS A MEMBER OF THE RULES COMMITTEE. HE INSTIGATED MANY RULE CHANGES AND COACHING TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO MAKE RUGBY-FOOTBALL THE BEST GAME POSSIBLE.


DR. HARRY CRAWFORD GRIFFITH WAS HONOURED AT A GREY CUP DINNER FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

INDUCTED 1963 – BUILDER

CHARTER MEMBER

Class of 1963 Earl Grey, D. Wes Brown, John DeGruchy, "Seppi" DuMoulin, William C. Foulds, 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, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz