
PLAYING CAREER
ST. THOMAS TIGERS JUNIORS 1924 – 1928
SARNIA IMPERIALS 1929 – 1938
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ORFU ALL-STAR 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
ORFU MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 1936
LIONAL CONACHER AWARD 1938
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1933, 1934, 1936
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1934, 1936
HUGH (BUMMER) STIRLING, A NATIVE OF ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO, PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BEFORE MOVING UP TO THE ST. THOMAS TIGERS JUNIOR SQUAD.
STIRLING ATTRACTED WIDE ATTENTION IN SARNIA AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST BACKFIELDERS AND KICKERS OF THE DAY. HE WAS A 60-MINUTE MAN WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LONG, ACCURATE PUNTING AND HIS FIERCE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT.
HUGH (BUMMER) STIRLING WAS THE FIRST FOOTBALL PLAYER TO BE NAMED CANADIAN PRESS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, AND HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SARNIA LAMBTON SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
INDUCTED 1966 – PLAYER
Class of 1966 John Ferraro, G. Sydney Halter, Q.C, Greg Kabat, Dave McCann, S.P. Quilty