Bill Davies (Canadian football) explained

Bill Davies
Birth Date:January 25, 1916
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Position1:Fullback, Flying Wing, Tackle
College:none - Montreal Catholic High School
Playing Years1:1936–37
Playing Team1:Montreal Indians
Playing Years2:1938
Playing Team2:Montreal Nationals
Playing Years3:1939
Playing Team3:Montreal Royals
Playing Years4:1940–41
Playing Team4:Montreal Bulldogs
Playing Years5:1943
Playing Team5:Verdun Grads
Playing Years6:1945
Playing Team6:Montreal Hornets
Playing Years7:1946
Playing Team7:Montreal Alouettes
Cflallstar:1939
Awards:1939 - Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy

Bill Davies (January 25, 1916 – May 28, 1990) was an all-star football player in the Ontario Rugby Football Union and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, playing from 1936 to 1946.

Coming straight from high school in 1936, Davies first suited up for the Montreal Indians. He ended up playing for nearly every team in his hometown: Montreal Nationals, Montreal Royals, Montreal Bulldogs, Verdun Grads and the Montreal Hornets.[1]

Davies best season was with the winless Montreal Royals in 1939. As one of the league's "brightest stars" and "outstanding as a secondary defenseman", he won the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as the best player in the IRFU.[2] He concluded his career in 1946, playing four games as one of the inaugural Montreal Alouettes.

Davies later took up coaching, leading the Lakeshore Junior Alouettes from 1952 to 1957, winning six straight Quebec Junior championships and a national championship in 1953. He died May 28, 1990.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/d/davies_bill.htm CFLAPEDIA entry : Bill Davies
  2. Jeff Russel Trophy to Bill Davies, Montreal Royals Windsor Daily Star, November 25, 1939