PLAYING CAREER
WINDSOR ROCKETS   1949
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS  1950-1962

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN END   1951, 1956, 1959
ALL-EASTERN FLYING WING  1952, 1953
ALL-EASTERN RUNNING BACK 1957
ALL-EASTERN DEFENSIVE BACK  1957, 1958

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1951, 1960
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS  1951, 1960

ROBERT (BOB) SIMPSON WAS AN EXCELLENT ATHLETE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 1952 OLYMPIC GAMES IN FINLAND.  HIS EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETIC ABILITY ALLOWED HIM TO MAKE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO CANADIAN FOOTBALL.

BOB SIMPSON WAS AN ALL-STAR AT SEVERAL POSITIONS AND PLAYED IN THE 1957 EAST/WEST GAME. DURING HIS CAREER SIMPSON CAUGHT 274 PASSES FOR 6,034 YARDS AND 65 TOUCHDOWNS. HE WAS OTTAWA'S NOMINEE FOR THE SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN AWARD THREE TIMES AND WAS THE RUNNER-UP IN 1956. THAT SAME YEAR HE WAS ALSO THEIR NOMINEE FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD.

BOB SIMPSON IS A MEMBER OF THE OTTAWA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1976 - PLAYER

Class of 1976 John Barrow, Wayne Harris, Chester McCance, Harry C.F. Spring