PLAYING CAREER
B.C. LIONS  1966
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1967-1973

AWARDS AND HONOURS
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER 1968
ALL-CANADIAN ALL-STAR   1968,1970
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY  1970
ALL-STAR GAME MVP   1971

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1971

AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, SYMONS WAS ACQUIRED BY THE B.C. LIONS IN 1966. HE SPENT 10 GAMES AS A HALFBACK WITH THE LIONS BEFORE BEING TRADED TO THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS.

DURING HIS SEVEN SEASONS WITH THE ARGOS, HE PLAYED 92 REGULAR SEASON GAMES, 11 PLAYOFF GAMES AND 1 GREY CUP GAME IN 1971. OUTSTANDING YEARS IN 1968 AND 1970 GARNERED HIM NUMEROUS AWARDS. HE WAS THE LEADING RUSHER IN 1968 WITH 1,107 YARDS ON 164 CARRIES FOR 9 TOUCHDOWNS. THE 1970 SEASON SAW HIM RUSH FOR 908 YARDS ON 170 CARRIES FOR SIX TOUCHDOWNS. HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR LONGEST RUSHING PLAY IN THE PLAYOFFS: 100 YARDS.

BILL SYMONS HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ARGONAUTS' FIRST SCHENLEY AWARD WINNER WHEN HE TOOK HOME THE OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD IN 1968.

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INDUCTED 1997 - PLAYER

Class of 1997 Junior Ah You, Bruce Coulter, Rocky DiPietro, Al Wilson