Charles Gordon Perry Sr. (March 18, 1903 – September 19, 2003) was a star football player in the
Canadian Football League
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for the
Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
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. He was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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in 1970 and into the
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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in 1975.
A multi-sport athlete, Perry was also a life member and past president of the
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located on O'Connor Street in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. ...
. Since 1961, the club has held the year-ending "Gordie Perry Bonspiel" in his honour. Perry, nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost" also played baseball.
['']National Post
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, 30 Dec 2000, pg S12, "Peace, parting and returns"
References
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
External links
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References
1903 births
2003 deaths
Sportspeople from Moncton
Players of Canadian football from New Brunswick
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Canadian centenarians
Curlers from New Brunswick
Men centenarians
Curlers from Ottawa
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