EXECUTIVE CAREER
INTERCOLLEGIATE REFEREE    1921 – 1924
COACH, OTTAWA SENATORS/ROUGH RIDERS  1925 – 1927
PRESIDENT, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION   1927
VICE-CHAIRMAN/CHAIRMAN, CRU RULES COMMITTEE 1927 – 1958

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (COACH)   1925, 1926
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (COACH)   1925, 1926

DAVE McCANN PLAYED HALFBACK AND QUARTERBACK FOR THE ROUGH RIDERS IN THE PRE-WORLD WAR I YEARS. McCANN COACHED THE OTTAWA ENTRY IN THE INTERPROVINCIAL RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION TO GREY CUP VICTORIES IN 1925 AND 1926.

IN 1927 McCANN BEGAN A LENGTHY AFFILIATION WITH THE CANADIAN RUGBY UNION. HE WAS PRESIDENT FOR ONE YEAR, AND AT THAT TIME TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RULES COMMITTEE. HIS INPUT AS A FORMER PLAYER, REFEREE AND COACH WAS INVALUABLE AS THE GAME OF FOOTBALL EVOLVED INTO THE MODERN ERA.

DAVE McCANN IS A MEMBER OF THE OTTAWA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1966 – BUILDER

Class of 1966 John Ferraro, G. Sydney Halter, Q.C, Greg Kabat, S.P. Quilty, Hugh Stirling