Hector Naismith Crighton (April 2, 1900 – April 17, 1967) was a

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 ( ...

coach. He coached 35 seasons of high school Canadian football, and he also rewrote the rule book in 1952. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1986. The

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, given each year to the outstanding

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football player, is named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crighton, Hec Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Toronto 1900 births 1967 deaths Coaches of Canadian football