Andrew Bailey Tommy Sr. (December 24, 1911 – April 23, 1972) was a star professional

Canadian football Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...

player for eleven seasons for the Ottawa Rough Riders and one season for the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

. Tommy led his team to two Grey Cup wins, in 1940 and 1945. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1989 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1976. He worked at the

Dominion Bureau of Statistics The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was a Canadian government organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -i ...

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Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
1911 births 1972 deaths People from Carleton County, New Brunswick Players of Canadian football from New Brunswick Ottawa Rough Riders players Toronto Argonauts players Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{Canadianfootball-runningback-stub