Herman Giesbrecht

The ORFU semi-pro Canadian Football years Herman Giesbrecht

This book is about the ORFU that last played for the Grey Cup in 1954. It contains information available from newspapers and other sources from the era. The ORFU was the only semi-pro football Canadian rules league at the time. The book contains all the modern era scoring from 1946 to 1960 by player with individual statistics from 1954 to 1960. The annual standings and regular season games are also included. The 1961 AFC also has limited statistics after the merger with the ORFU in 1961. The statistics are reported to the media from the league. The players listed were in the post-game lineups and the scoring detail from the newspapers. Updated since original publishing. Most first names also found and included as well as birth and death dates and many player numbers. The book is in a media guide format.