Norman Perry

PLAYING CAREER
SARNIA IMPERIALS  1928-1935

AWARDS AND HONOURS
INTERMEDIATE ORFU ALL-STAR  1925-1927
SENIOR ORFU ALL-STAR   1929-1934
EASTERN CANADA ALL-STAR   1933, 1934
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD, SENIOR ORFU 1934

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1933, 1934
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM   1934


NORMAN PERRY WAS A TREMENDOUS BROKEN FIELD RUNNER AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER WAS KNOWN AS "THE GALLOPING GHOST". HE WAS AN ALL-STAR AT EVERY LEVEL OF COMPETITION.

DURING PERRY'S EIGHT YEARS WITH THE IMPERIALS, THE TEAM WON THE ORFU CHAMPIONSHIP SEVEN TIMES AND THE DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP ONCE. PERRY WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN RUGBY UNION IN 1953 AND WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN LOCAL POLITICS.

THE ATHLETIC PARK IN SARNIA WAS RENAMED THE "NORM PERRY MEMORIAL STADIUM" AND THE MOST VALUABLE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER IN SARNIA ANNUALLY RECEIVES THE NORM PERRY TROPHY.


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, Smirle Lawson, Frank R. "Pep" Leadlay, 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