Whitman (Whit) Tucker

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