EXECUTIVE CAREER
GAME OFFICIAL         1926-1950
FOUNDER, TORONTO AND DISTRICT BOARD OF APPROVED FOOTBALL OFFICIALS  1943
SECRETARY, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION      1952-1966
SECRETARY, CRU RULES COMMITTEE      1951-1966
GREY CUP COORDINATOR       1958-1968

HARRY McBRIEN MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO OFFICIATING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAYING RULES. HE WAS AN ON-FIELD OFFICIAL UNTIL 1950 WHEN HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING A NATIONAL JUNIOR FINAL.

McBRIEN HANDLED OFFICIALS’ SCHEDULING FOR TORONTO HIGH SCHOOL GAMES FOR MANY YEARS, AND WAS HONOURED AT A TESTIMONIAL DINNER IN 1965 BY THE TORONTO AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL OFFICIALS. DURING THE YEARS 1964 TO 1967 HE ASSISTED IN REVISING THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE/CANADIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION RULE BOOK.

FOR MANY YEARS HARRY McBRIEN HANDLED THE MANY DETAILS SURROUNDING THE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WAS KNOWN AS “MR. GREY CUP”. IN 1967 HE WAS AWARDED THE CAFA/CFL PLAQUE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO FOOTBALL AT BOTH THE AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS. HE IS A MEMBER OF CANADA’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1978 – BUILDER

Class of 1978 Ron Atchison, Paul Dojack, Kaye Vaughan