Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1959. Under the lead of new head coach Ron Tinkler, the 1959 Hilltops went on to win their second consecutive championship. George Werezak led the league in scoring and Brian Casselman was a force to Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1958. Promoted from line coach to head coach, Johnny Babineau brought back the winning tradition to the Hilltops after many challenging years of not advancing past the league final. With a talented roster full of Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1953. The Saskatoon Hilltops have developed a proud tradition since the club was organized in 1947 and it all started in 1953 when the club won their first Canadian championship. This also marked the beginning Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1976. The goal of 1976 was to make it one to remember for head coach, Gordon Currie, as it would be his last season with the Rams after ten successful years with the program. The Read more →
At the age of 27, Ron Walsh noticed an ad in the University of Saskatchewan’s newspaper asking for volunteers to referee games for an intramural eight-man football league – no experience necessary. He decided to give it a try. It Read more →
John had an outstand athletics career winning Canadian age-class championships in the triple jump in four successive years form 1966 to 1969. He attended Brigham Young University in the USA before coming back to enroll at the University of Saskatchewan. Read more →
Andrew “Andy” Young had a successful athletic career. In football, Andy participated in midget, juvenile, and junior levels. He joined the Regina Pats Junior Football Club before playing for the Regina Roughriders from 1932 to 1937, winning western titles and Read more →
Having spent his early years in Balgonie, Saskatchewan, Frederick “Fred” Wilson began his outstanding athletic career in Regina in 1908. He joined the Regina Rugby Club in 1913 (the year they won the Western Canada Football Championship) and over the Read more →
By the age of ten, Dale West was the Canadian Bantam Boys Speed Skating Champion. In 1960, he was named an alternate for the Winter Olympic Games. He held high school track and field titles in 100-yard and 220-yard sprints, Read more →
Clair Warner played juvenile football in 1919 and junior football from 1920 to 1924. In 1925, Clair Warner joined the Regina Roughriders, beginning a career that spanned eight years and included four Grey Cup appearances. Retiring from the playing field Read more →
As a member of the 1915 Regina Rugby Club Piffles, Taylor led the team to the Western Rugby Championships in 1913, 1914, and 1915. In 1919, he won the coveted Hugo Ross Trophy. Taylor became the president of the Regina Read more →
Regina born Tom Shepherd has never put on a uniform for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but he has been one of the most valuable players for the team over the years. Tom’s commitment to the team and efforts to raise funds Read more →
Wayne Shaw began to show his athletic abilities while attending Notre Dame College, where he excelled in track and field, hockey, and football. Upon graduation, Wayne moved up to the Saskatoon Hilltops and helped them win the Canadian championship in Read more →
George Reed played college football at Washington State and turned professional at age 21 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. As a professional, George amassed a number of records, the most impressive of which are: most yards gained while rushing (16,116); the Read more →
Ken Preston played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a fullback, and helped the Bombers to win the 1941 Grey Cup. In 1946, Ken was back in Regina, and devoted the next ten years as a part-time manager of the Read more →