Ben Simpson | |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1878 |
Birth Place: | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Position1: | Running back Placekicker |
College: | Queen's University |
Playing Years1: | 1899–1903 |
Playing Team1: | Queen's University |
Playing Years2: | 1904–1910 |
Playing Team2: | Hamilton Tigers |
Cfhof: | ben-l-simpson |
Cfhofyear: | 1963 |
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. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.