Phil Carr-Harris Explained

Phil Carr-Harris
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Import:no
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lbs:195
Position1:Halfback
Position2:Guard
Position3:T
Career Highlights:
  • Grey Cup champion
Playing Years1: -,
Playing Team1:Toronto Argonauts

Philip Gordon Robert Carr-Harris (died January 16, 1993), nicknamed Beef, was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts for four seasons over five years, which was also his entire professional football career. Carr-Harris won the Grey Cup with Toronto in 1945,[1] 1946[2] and 1947, which also were the first three of his four years on the club roster. For his first two years with the club, he was a halfback.[1] [2] In his third year, he was both a guard and a tackle. He was not on the roster in 1948,[3] but returned in 1949, as a halfback.[4] His jersey number was 60.[5]

In his first year with the Argonauts, in 1945, Carr-Harris played in four of the six regular season games.[1] In 1946, Carr-Harris played in only one of twelve regular season games,[2] having been injured early in the season in a game against the Hamilton Tigers, as the team was then known.[6] In 1947, Carr-Harris played in eleven of twelve regular season games. Upon his return to the team roster in 1949, following a one-year hiatus, Carr-Harris only played in one of the twelve regular season games.[4]

While included as a member of the 1947 winning team,[7] Carr-Harris had to miss the 1947 Grey Cup game, due to examination obligations in relation to becoming a Chartered Accountant.[8] [9]

In 1993, Carr-Harris died of cancer.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/toronto-argonauts/roster/1945/ 1945 Toronto Argonauts Roster
  2. https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/toronto-argonauts/roster/1946/ 1946 Toronto Argonauts Roster
  3. https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/toronto-argonauts/roster/1948/ 1948 Toronto Argonauts Roster
  4. https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/toronto-argonauts/roster/1949/ 1949 Toronto Argonauts Roster
  5. http://www.cflapedia.com/Documents/1946%20Oct%2026%20Tor%20vs%20Ott%20RR.pdf Names and Numbers--Toronto versus Ottawa, 1946
  6. Uncredited, Doty, Meyers in farewell with Argonauts today; Ottawa Citizen, September 20, 1946, p. 42. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  7. https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/toronto-argonauts/roster/1947/ 1947 Toronto Argonauts Roster
  8. [Monty Hall]
  9. Uncredited, Morris claims Argos are weaker but practice proves otherwise. Montreal Gazette, November 27, 1947, p. 18. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  10. DEATHS The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Mar 20, 1993; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2011) pg. E7