
PLAYING CAREER
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS 1962-1970
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN FLANKER 1966, 1968, 1967
ALL-CANADIAN FLANKER 1967
GRUEN AWARD 1962
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1966, 1968, 1969
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1968, 1969
WHIT TUCKER WAS ALL-CITY IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND RECEIVED THE ROYAL ARCANUM TROPHY AS WINDSOR'S OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE IN 1959. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN HE WAS NAMED A SENIOR INTERCOLLIGATE ALL-STAR HALFBACK AND A WESTERN MVP IN 1961.
IN OTTAWA, TUCKER QUICKLY BECAME KNOWN AS A GAME BREAKER - AVERAGING 22.4 YARDS PER RECEPTION. HE SCORED TOUCHDOWNS ON 19.4% OF HIS RECEPTIONS AND WAS RUNNER-UP FOR THE OUTSTANDING CANADIAN AWARD IN 1968. IN 1967 HE HAD FOUR CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD GAMES AND AMASSED 1,171 THAT SEASON.
WHIT TUCKER IS A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO HALL OF FAME.
INDUCTED 1993 - PLAYER
Class of 1993 Samuel Berger, Peter Dalla Riva, Herm Harrison