| Date of birth: | c. 1927 |
| Place of birth: | Sarnia, Ontario |
| Date of death: | October 19th, 2017 |
| Place of death: | North York |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | HB |
| Organizations | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1949 |
| Military service | |
| Awards: | 1949 - Imperial Oil Trophy |
Don "Sleepy" Knowles (born c. 1927, died October 19th, 2017)[1] was a halfback in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.[2][3]
Coming straight from high school, Knowles played for his hometown Sarnia Imperials from 1946 to 1950, with his finest season being 1949, when he was an all-star and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as OFRU most valuable player. He later played two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,[4] returned to Sarnia for a season, and finished his football career playing a game for the 1954 inaugural BC Lions team.[5]
In 1990 he was elected to the Sarnia Lambton Sports Hall of Fame.[6]
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/1954wifubc.html
- ↑ FANBASE entry : Don Knowles Archived December 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alumni". http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=K.
- ↑ 1998 BC Lions Media Guide
- ↑ 1990 Inductees
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