W. Ross Trimble (1908 – March 24, 1950) was a Canadian football player and coach, who was the head coach of the

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

for 6 seasons (1937–1941, 1945). They appeared in 3

Grey Cups The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

while Trimble was coach, winning 1. Trimble also had won 2 Grey Cups with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers in the 1920s and 1930s. He died suddenly on March 24, 1950 at the age of 42. It was less than a week after the death of his 4 year old daughter.

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