Gordie Perry
Clarence Gordon Perry Sr. was a star football player in the Interprovincial [Rugby Football Union] for the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers. He was inducted into the Canadian [Football Hall of Fame] in 1970 and into the Canada's [Sports Hall of Fame] in 1975.
A multi-sport athlete, Perry was also a life member and past president of the Ottawa Curling Club. Since 1961, the club has held the year-ending "Gordie Perry Bonspiel" in his honour. Perry won the "Royal Jubilee" curling title in 1953 using iron stones, and then won the title again in 1956 using granite. He was also the past president of the Governor General's Curling Club. He was the skip of one of the two Ottawa Curling Club rinks that won the Quebec Challenge Cup in 1957.
Perry, nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost" also played baseball. He played centre-field in the Montreal City Baseball League, where he was a two-time batting champion and led the league in stolen bases five times.