Benjamin L. Simpson (September 5, 1878 – October 20, 1964) was a star football player in the
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (Big Four) for seven seasons for the
Hamilton Tigers
The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...
. He was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
External links
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
1878 births
1964 deaths
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario
Hamilton Tigers football players
Queen's Golden Gaels football players
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
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