Alex Denman

Alex Denman
Career information
Position(s)	Guard & Flying Wing
College	Woodstock College
Career history
As player
1923-33	Hamilton Tigers
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1926, 28, 31, 32
Awards	1932 - Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
Honours	1928, 1929, 1932 - Grey Cup champion

Alex Denman was an award winning, Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian football player, playing from 1923 to 1933 with the Hamilton Tigers.^[1]

A graduate of Woodstock College^[2] Denman went on to have an all-star 11 year football career with the Tigers. Select 4 times as an all-star and the winner of 3 Grey Cups, his best season was 1932 when, in addition to his all-star, he won the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as outstanding player in the east.^[3] Curiously, Denman was part of an inquiry by the Director of Dental Services for Ontario, and he reported having lost 3 teeth playing football.^[4]

References

↑ Hamilton Tiger-Cat Alumni Association: Tigers Roster
↑ Around and About - Calling Woodstock Alumni! by Tommy Shields Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 1947
↑ Alex Denman to Retire - Holder of Jeff Russel Trophy Giving Up Football Montreal Gazette November 8, 1933
↑ Rugby's Toll in Teeth Montreal Gazette November 1, 1933

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy - MVP in the IRFU or CFL Eastern Conference (prior to 1973)

Before re-purposing in 1973 the trophy was awarded to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship, and courage in the IRFU or the CFL East

1928: Ernie Cox
1929: D. "Red" Wilson
1930: Frank Turville
1931: Gordie Perry
1932: Alex Denman
1933: Huck Welch
1934: Ab Box
1935: Abe Eliowitz
1936: Arnie Morrison
1937: Teddy Morris
1938: Wes Cutler
1939: Bill Davies
1940: Andy Tommy
1941: Tony Golab
1942-44: no award - World War II
1945: George Fraser
1946: Joe Krol
1947: Virgil Wagner
1948: Eric Chipper
1949: Royal Copeland
1950: Don Loney
1951: Bruce Cummings
1952: Vince Mazza
1953: Bob Cunningham
1954: Sam Etcheverry
1955: Avatus Stone
1956: Hal Patterson
1957: Dick Shatto
1958: Sam Etcheverry (2×)
1959: Russ Jackson
1960: Ron Stewart
1961: Bobby Jack Oliver
1962: George Dixon
1963: Garney Henley
1964: Dick Shatto (2×)
1965: Bernie Faloney
1966: Gene Gaines
1967: Ron Stewart (2×)
1968: Larry Fairholm
1969: Russ Jackson (2×)
1970: Bill Symons
1971: Mel Profit
1972: Garney Henley (2×)

Hamilton Tigers 16th Grey Cup Champions

Manager: Len Black Head coach: Mike Rodden Bert Gibb Brian Timmis Glen Small Johnny Baker Johnny Fitzpatrick Huck Welch Eddie Wright Ed Crawford Alfred "Cap" Fear Pep Leadlay Harold Elford Jack Murphy Ernie Cox Bruce Inksetter Alex Denman Fred Veale Jimmie Simpson Tommy Chapple Ken Walker Ray Boadway Gordon French W.R. Tope Jimmy Buels

Hamilton Tigers 17th Grey Cup Champions

President: Clint Wigle Manager: Len Black Head coach: Mike Rodden Alex Denman Bert Gibb Jack Murphy Timmy Languay Ernie Cox Gordon French Eddie Wright Fred Wright Jimmie Simpson Brian Timmis Huck Welch Alfred "Cap" Fear Pep Leadlay Ken Walker Elf Dagg Glen Small Ray Boadway Harold Elford S.Stevens ? Wright

Hamilton Tigers 20th Grey Cup Champions

Manager: Len Black Head coach: William P. "Billy" Hughes Frank Turville Ken Walker Art Tedford Glen Small Beg Barker Alex Denman Walter Parker Don "Dinny" Gardner Don Summerhayes Shinner Woelke Wilf Patterson Jimmie Simpson Eddie Wright Brian Timmis Ray Boadway Bernie Thornton Ken Clarke Cliff "Buster" Reed Ike Sutton Bill Friday Dave Sprague Seymour Wilson Ed Crawford

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