Bruce Frederick Cummings, (March 1927 – June 16, 1991) was an all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football player with the Ottawa Rough Riders, playing from 1950 to 53.Ottawa Rough Rider Player Database
Born in Ottawa and a star football player at the University of Toronto,Ex-Nepean Star leads Toronto Blues to 15-5 Victory - Bruce Cummings sinks Queen's team Ottawa Citizen, November 10, 1947 Cummings joined his hometown Riders in 1950. Though his career was relatively brief, he enjoyed a complete season in 1951, being named an all-star, winning the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as the best player in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and hoisting the Grey Cup as champion.Bruce and Bruno Winners, by Jack Koffman Hamilton Spectator, November 8, 1951Cummings Wins Football Award Calgary Herald, November 8, 1951
His father, W. Garfield Cummings, was a local politician and former Ottawa footballer.Former Nepean Reeve W.G. Cummings Passes Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1959 Bruce Cummings died at the age of 64 in 1991 following a heart attack.
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