Hugh (Bummer) Stirling

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