PLAYING CAREER
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY  1899-1903
HAMILTON TIGERS   1904-1910

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1910

AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BENJAMIN L. SIMPSON LED THE FRESHMAN SQUAD TO A SURPRISE VICTORY OVER THE SENIORS. HE WAS INVITED TO PLAY FOR THE SENIORS AND REMAINED WITH THEM THROUGH 1903.

BEN SIMPSON WAS A STAR HALFBACK AND KICKER WITH THE TIGERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHILE HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION, THEN HELD A TEACHING POSITION AT CENTRAL COLLEGIATE IN HAMILTON. HE WAS THE TIGERS' CAPTAIN IN 1910 AND PLAYED IN THE GREY CUP GAME THAT YEAR.

BEN SIMPSON EXCELLED AS A PLAYER, AN EXECUTIVE WITH VARIOUS FOOTBALL ORGANIZATIONS, AND AN EDUCATOR. HE IS A MEMBER OF 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, 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, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz