OUELLETTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-09 published
He was a daredevil footballer in the days of leather helmets
By Tom HAWTHORN
Special to The Globe and Mail Friday, May 9,
2003 - Page R11
Norris LINDSAY, a teammate of Ormond
BEACH and Bummer
STIRLING
on the storied Sarnia Imperials football team, has died in Petrolia,
Ontario He was 94.
At 6-foot-3, 220-pounds, he was a big man in the era of leather
helmets and earned a reputation for his flying tackles, a daredevil
play that has long since fallen out of favour. In lieu of salary
as a two-way player, Mr.
LINDSAY and his teammates were guaranteed
jobs with Canadian Oil Companies Ltd.
Mr. LINDSAY helped the Imperials win the Ontario Rugby Football
Union champioship in 1933 and 1934 over Balmy Beach, St. Michael's
College and the Hamilton Tigers.
In 1933, the Imperials played host to the 1933 Grey Cup championship
against the Toronto Argonauts. Despite his regular-season contributions,
coach Pat OUELLETTE did not have Mr.
LINDSAY suit up for the
big game, which was won 4-3 by Toronto in the lowest-scoring
Grey Cup ever played.
Mr. LINDSAY was frustrated again the following year, when coach
Art MASSUCCI did not place him on the Imperials' roster for the
Grey Cup final. Sarnia defeated the Regina Roughriders 20-12
at Toronto. Among Mr.
LINDSAY's teammates wearing the three-starred
sweater of the Imperials were Mr.
BEACH, a sensational halfback
kicker Hugh (Bummer)
STIRLING of Saint Thomas, Ontario; rugged
snapper Boob
MOLLOY; and, the speedy Norm
PERRY, known as The
Galloping Ghost.
Mr. LINDSAY, who was born in Tupperville, Ontario, near Chatham
in southwestern Ontario, was also a gifted golfer who entered
the 1940 Canadian Open. "He told me his first shot went out of
bounds, said Pat
SUTHERLAND, a friend. "By the time he was
done, he had shot an 11 on the first hole."
Mr. LINDSAY, an amateur, shot an embarrassing 93 on the par-71
course, following with a 90. The tournament was won in a playoff
by the legendary American golfer Sam
SNEAD.
Shortly after, Mr.
LINDSAY joined the merchant marine and was a radio operator during
the Second World War. In peacetime, he took over the Blue Bay
Lodge near Huntsville, Ontario, which he operated until 1963.
Mr. LINDSAY golfed until late in life. When his local club opened
a new clubhouse, he rented the old one and made it his home.
He died on March 11 at the Lambton Meadowview Villa in Petrolia,
10 days after marking his 94th birthday. He was predeceased by
his wife, Bette, who died in 1965.
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OUELLETTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-27 published
TENNANT,
John
Holmsted, Q.C.
Died peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2003, in Burlington,
Ontario. A devoted father and grandfather he leaves behind daughters
Peggy (WENGLE) and Barbara (and Malcolm
MacKAY;) grandchildren
Christopher, Sandy and Robert
McLAREN,
Heather
(OUELLETTE;) Lisa
and Malcolm
MacKAY, and great-grandchildren Amelia, Skye and
Natalie. He was predeceased by his wife
Airdrie
(BROWN) in 1977.
Born September 10, 1915 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, he moved to
Montreal, Quebec at age 14 and graduated from Université de Montréal
with a law degree in 1940, winning the Bar of Montreal prize
for commercial law. During the war, he served on corvettes with
the R.C.N.V.R. 1941-1945. He worked for the legal department
of the Industrial Development Bank and then for the law firm
Howard, Cate, Ogilvy, Bishop, Cope, Porteous and Hansard. He retired
in 1979 to Oakville, Ontario to be closer to his grandchildren.
His family was the joy of his life and he will be sorely missed
by them. A private service will be held. Calls and visits will
be welcomed at the homes of his daughters. Donations in lieu
of flowers can be made to his favourite charities: The Salvation
Army and Covenant House.
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