A multi-sport athlete, Perry was also a life member and past president of the Ottawa Curling Club.[3] Since 1961, the club has held the year-ending "Gordie Perry Bonspiel" in his honour.[4] Perry won the "Royal Jubilee" curling title in 1953 using iron stones, and then won the title again in 1956 using granite. He was also the past president of the Governor General's Curling Club.[1] He was the skip of one of the two Ottawa Curling Club rinks that won the Quebec Challenge Cup in 1957.[5]
Perry, nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost" also played baseball.[6] He played centre-field in the Montreal City Baseball League, where he was a two-time batting champion and led the league in stolen bases five times.[1]
Personal lifeedit
Perry worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, and lived on Billings Avenue in Alta Vista, Ottawa and had three children. In addition to football, curling and baseball, he also boxed, swam, did track and field and badminton.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcd"With Perry down memory lane". Ottawa Journal. February 22, 1975. p. 18. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
gordie, perry, clarence, gordon, perry, march, 1903, september, 2003, star, football, player, canadian, football, league, montreal, winged, wheelers, inducted, into, canadian, football, hall, fame, 1970, into, canada, sports, hall, fame, 1975, gordon, perrybor. Clarence Gordon Perry Sr 1 2 March 18 1903 September 19 2003 was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1970 and into the Canada s Sports Hall of Fame in 1975 Gordon PerryBorn 1903 03 18 March 18 1903Moncton New Brunswick CanadaDied September 19 2003 2003 09 19 aged 100 Ottawa Ontario CanadaCareer informationPosition s Running backCareer historyAs player1928 1934Montreal AAA Winged WheelersCareer highlights and awardsAwards1931 Jeff Russel Memorial TrophyCareer statsCanadian Football Hall of Fame 1970 A multi sport athlete Perry was also a life member and past president of the Ottawa Curling Club 3 Since 1961 the club has held the year ending Gordie Perry Bonspiel in his honour 4 Perry won the Royal Jubilee curling title in 1953 using iron stones and then won the title again in 1956 using granite He was also the past president of the Governor General s Curling Club 1 He was the skip of one of the two Ottawa Curling Club rinks that won the Quebec Challenge Cup in 1957 5 Perry nicknamed the Galloping Ghost also played baseball 6 He played centre field in the Montreal City Baseball League where he was a two time batting champion and led the league in stolen bases five times 1 Personal life editPerry worked for the Royal Bank of Canada and lived on Billings Avenue in Alta Vista Ottawa and had three children In addition to football curling and baseball he also boxed swam did track and field and badminton 1 References edit a b c d With Perry down memory lane Ottawa Journal February 22 1975 p 18 Retrieved April 22 2023 Charles Gordon Gord Perry Gordon Perry Gordie Sr Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam The Ottawa Curling Club Special Events Archived from the original on 2019 02 08 Retrieved 2019 01 16 Ottawa Club Captures Quebec Challenge Cup Ottawa Citizen March 11 1957 Retrieved December 29 2023 National Post 30 Dec 2000 pg S12 Peace parting and returns Canada s Sports Hall of Fame profile nbsp This biographical article relating to a Canadian football running back is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gordie Perry amp oldid 1199984262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
