PLAYING CAREER
OTTAWA SECONDS  1919
REGINA ROUGHRIDERS 1920-1922
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS  1923
HAMILTON TIGERS  1924-1938

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN TACKLE  1932, 1934

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1943 (coach)
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1928, 1929 , 1932, 1943 (coach)

BRIAN TIMMIS, A NATIVE OF WINNIPEG, PLAYED FOOTBALL IN OTTAWA AND REGINA, BUT IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CAREER IN HAMILTON.

KNOWN FOR A BATTERING RAM STYLE OF RUNNING, TIMMIS COULD ALWAYS BE RELIED UPON TO SMASH THROUGH OPPOSING LINES, GRINDING OUT THE NECESSARY YARDAGE. AT 38 YEARS OF AGE HE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO ASSIST TIGERS IN A PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST OTTAWA. HE RECEIVED AN UNPRECEDENTED STANDING OVATION FROM THE CROWD AT OTTAWA'S LANSDOWNE PARK.

BRIAN “OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN” TIMMIS IS A MEMBER OF THE OTTAWA SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND 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, Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz