Ross Craig

Ross Craig

Date of birth	(1884-07-01)July 1, 1884
Place of birth	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	June 27, 1949(1949-06-27) (aged 64)
Place of death	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Career information
Position(s)	Running back
Career history
As player
1911–1912	Hamilton Alerts
1913–1915, 1919–1920	Hamilton Tigers
Honours	2× Grey Cup Champion - 1912 & 1913
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1964

Ross B. Craig (July 1, 1884 – June 27, 1949) was a Canadian star football player in the early 20th century. He played for several intermediate teams before playing for the Hamilton Alerts for two years where he won a Grey Cup championship in 1912. The following season, he joined the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union's Hamilton Tigers where he won another Grey Cup in 1913. He would finish his career with the Tigers in 1920, after playing five seasons with Hamilton.

Craig was born in Peterborough, Ontario, and died in Hamilton, Ontario. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1964 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

References

• Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile

External links

• Ross Craig at Find a Grave