Name Ormond Beach Place of death Sarnia, Ontario Role American football player | College University of Kansas Education University of Kansas 1934–1937 Sarnia Imperials Positions Linebacker | |
Date of birth (1910-10-23)October 23, 1910 Date of death September 21, 1938(1938-09-21) (aged 27) Died September 9, 1938, Sarnia, Canada | ||
Place of birth Pawhuska, Oklahoma | ||
Ormond Beach (born October 23, 1910, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, died September 9, 1938, in Sarnia, Ontario) was a star football player in the Ontario Rugby Football Union for four seasons for the Sarnia Imperials. Beach, who led the Imperials to Grey Cup victories in 1934 and 1936, died at the age of 27 in an industrial accident. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
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