Hugh Stirling

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Hugh "Bummer" Stirling
Born:(1907-10-23)October 23, 1907
London, Ontario
Died:May 28, 1994(1994-05-28) (aged 86)
Calgary, Alberta
Career information
Position(s) Running back
Career history
As player
1929–1938 Sarnia Imperials
Awards1935 - Imperial Oil Trophy
1938 - Lionel Conacher Award
HonoursGrey Cup champion - 1934, 36
Career stats

Hugh "Bummer" Stirling (born October 23, 1907, in London, Ontario, died May 28, 1994, in Calgary, Alberta) was a star football player for ten seasons for the Sarnia Imperials of the Ontario Rugby Football Union. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

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