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1971 Football Team

Gaiters Football 1971

  • Class
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Football
1971 Bishop’s Gaiters Football
 
The 1971 Bishop’s Gaiters were Quebec University Athletic Association (QUAA) champions. They dominated the league finishing 6-0 in league play outscoring opponents 277 to 36 including a 45-7 drubbing of the McGill Redmen in the seeded game. They suffered their only loss all season at the hands of the University of Alberta Golden Bears having accepted an invitation to a post-season contest in Edmonton prior to the days of national championships.
 
Other honours bestowed on the team included 1971 Canadian Inter-collegiate Coach of the Year (CIAU) awarded to Head Coach Bruce Coulter, as well as the selection of Gary Chown and Larry Smith as All-Canadians. The Gaiters also earned 10 QUAA all-star team selections namely: Pat Commander, Jim Wright, and Chown on defence and Bill MacDonald, Ron Perowne, Peter Lawton, Robbie Allen, Sandy Baptist, Chown and Smith on offence.
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