Tony Golab

Tony Golab

No. 72
Born:	January 17, 1919 Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Died:	October 16, 2016 (aged 97) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	HB, FW
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career history
As administrator
1959	Atlantic Football Conference
1968–1969	Montreal Alouettes
As coach
1952–1953	Royal Military College of Canada
1954–1957	Royal Military College of Canada
As player
1938	Sarnia Imperials
1939–1941	Ottawa Rough Riders
1942	Ottawa Uplands (RCAF)
1945–1950	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1940)
CFL East All-Star	1938, 1940, 1945, 1947, 1948
Awards	1941 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy 1941 Lionel Conacher Award
Retired #s	Ottawa Rough Riders #72
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1964

Anthony Charles Golab, CM (January 17, 1919 – October 16, 2016) was a Canadian football halfback and flying wing who played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for 11 years with the Sarnia Imperials, Ottawa Rough Riders, and Ottawa Uplands. He was born in Windsor, Ontario.

Golab played with the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1939 to 1950. He was part of the 1939, 1941, and 1948 Grey Cup finalist teams and was part of the winning 1940 Grey Cup champions. He was an Eastern All-Star at halfback in 1938, 1940, and 1945 and at flying wing in 1947 and 1948.

In 1964, he was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. In 1975, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1985, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1997, he was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. He died at the Perley Veterans Health Centre in Ottawa, Ontario in October 2016 at the age of 97.

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Sources

• Cosentino, Frank. "Golab, Anthony Charles". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
• "Tony Golab". Honoured Members. Canada Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2008-01-26.