COACHING CAREER
McGILL UNIVERSITY 1912-1928

FRANK "SHAG" SHAUGHNESSY WAS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COACH TO COME TO CANADA. HE HAD PLAYED AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY AND COACHED AT CLEMSON IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HIS TEAMS RARELY LOST A GAME.

OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS OFFERED SHAUGHNESSY $500 TO COACH THE TEAM. McGILL SAID THEY WOULD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT IF HE COULD LEAD THEIR SQUAD TO A CHAMPIONSHIP. "SHAG" WENT TO McGILL, COACHED THE TEAM TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND COLLECTED HIS $1,000.

SHAUGHNESSY WAS A MARVELLOUS COACH, WHO INTRODUCED MANY NEW TACTICS, INCLUDING: THE SECONDARY DEFENCE INSTEAD OF THE MASSED LINE, AND BLOCKING FOR THE RUNNER.  HE ALSO INTRODUCED THE HUDDLE AND CAMPAIGNED STRONGLY FOR THE FORWARD PASS.

FRANK SHAUGHNESSY WAS WELL-LIKED BY PLAYERS AND FACULTY. HE COACHED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT DID NOT ALLOW FOOTBALL TO INTERFERE WITH HIS PLAYERS' STUDIES. WHEN HE LEFT CANADA IN 1932, HE HAD OPENED UP THE GAME AND CHANGED IT BEYOND RECOGNITION. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.

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, Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz