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1930's Era Gryphon Football

1930's Era Men's Football

  • Class
    1930
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Championship Team
The Gryphon Hall of Fame will also be inducting the entire 1930’s era of Gryphon Football, back when they were referred to as the Guelph Aggies of the Ontario Agricultural College and Ontario Veterinary College. Led by Coach Fred G. “Baldy” Baldwin, the Aggies won five National Championships in Baldwin’s 11 years as coach. Baldy’s win percentage of  .692 remains the standard in all modern era coaches. After coaching Guelph, Baldwin moved on to coach the Ottawa Roughriders.

“Freddie’s OAC teams were chronic champions in Intermediate Intercollegiate circles and they played a showboat type of football, featuring odd formations that intrigued the crowd and often baffled the defenses” – Montreal Gazette, May 28th, 1946.
The Aggies collected Dominion Championships in 1932, ‘33, ‘36, ‘38, and ’39. Overall, seven members of that decade have been inducted into the Guelph Sports Hall of Fame.
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