PLAYING CAREER
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1908-1910
TORONTO ARGONAUTS  1911-1914

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1909, 1914

DR. ALEXANDER SMIRLE LAWSON WAS RATED ONE OF THE HARDEST-PLUNGING BACKFIELDERS IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL. HE WAS CALLED “BIG TRAIN” AND HIS HARD PLAY WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VARSITY BLUES’ GREY CUP VICTORY IN 1909.

LAWSON WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE ARGONAUTS DURING THE PRE-WAR YEARS WHEN THE TEAM WAS A MAJOR CONTENDER. THE ARGOS PLAYED IN THE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP THREE OF THE FOUR YEARS THAT LAWSON WAS WITH THE CLUB AND WERE VICTORIOUS IN THEIR LAST APPEARANCE.

FOLLOWING HIS CAREER, LAWSON WAS ACCLAIMED BY THE ONTARIO SPORTSWRITERS AND SPORTSCASTERS ASSOCIATION AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S GREAT ATHLETIC SONS. DR. A. SMIRLE LAWSON IS A MEMBER OF THE GREATER OTTAWA AND CANADA’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1963 - PLAYER

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, 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