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Harry “Red” Batstone

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Harry “Red” Batstone Famous memorial

Original Name
Harry Lee Batstone
Birth
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
3 Mar 1972 (aged 72)
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Professional Football Player. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he was a star football player in the 1920s. He was known for his exceptional running and kicking skills, and to be able to overcome players twice his size. For three seasons (1919 to 1921) he played the position of center and running back for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. He was named the Toronto Argonauts Team Captain in 1920, and in 1921 he participated in the first East-West Grey Cup Championship Game beating the Edmonton Eskimos 23-0. His teammates at the time included such greats as Alex Romeril, Jess Spring, Frank Sullivan, Gordon Britnell, Hugh "Shrimp" Cochran, Glenn Sullivan, William Wallace, Alfred Henry "Cap" Fear, Robert W. "Bobby" Polson, and Lionel Conacher. After leaving the Toronto Argonauts in 1921, he enrolled at Queen's University in Toronto to study medicine and during this time he played football collegiately for six seasons with the Queen's University Golden Gaels football team (1922 to 1927). With the Golden Gaels, he was part of several Grey Cup Championship Games and played on Grey Cup winning teams with the likes of running back Frank "Pep" Leadlay and quarterback Johnny Evans. He also won five college titles and was the recipient of the Yates Trophy five times between 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1927. One of his best times as a player with the Golden Gaels was when he led the team to a victory over the Ottawa Rough Riders during a game in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1923, winning a score of 54-0. After retiring as a player, he coached the Queen's University team for two seasons (1929 to 1931) and helped them win the Intercollegiate Championship twice in 1929 and 1930. He also served as a Member of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (or CIAU) football rules committee and was Intercollegiate Representative of the Canadian Rugby Union (or CRU) rules committee during the 1940s. He later retired from sports and went on to continue his career in medicine at a hospital in Kington, Ontario, from 1936 to 1967. He passed away in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and posthumously into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
Professional Football Player. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he was a star football player in the 1920s. He was known for his exceptional running and kicking skills, and to be able to overcome players twice his size. For three seasons (1919 to 1921) he played the position of center and running back for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. He was named the Toronto Argonauts Team Captain in 1920, and in 1921 he participated in the first East-West Grey Cup Championship Game beating the Edmonton Eskimos 23-0. His teammates at the time included such greats as Alex Romeril, Jess Spring, Frank Sullivan, Gordon Britnell, Hugh "Shrimp" Cochran, Glenn Sullivan, William Wallace, Alfred Henry "Cap" Fear, Robert W. "Bobby" Polson, and Lionel Conacher. After leaving the Toronto Argonauts in 1921, he enrolled at Queen's University in Toronto to study medicine and during this time he played football collegiately for six seasons with the Queen's University Golden Gaels football team (1922 to 1927). With the Golden Gaels, he was part of several Grey Cup Championship Games and played on Grey Cup winning teams with the likes of running back Frank "Pep" Leadlay and quarterback Johnny Evans. He also won five college titles and was the recipient of the Yates Trophy five times between 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1927. One of his best times as a player with the Golden Gaels was when he led the team to a victory over the Ottawa Rough Riders during a game in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1923, winning a score of 54-0. After retiring as a player, he coached the Queen's University team for two seasons (1929 to 1931) and helped them win the Intercollegiate Championship twice in 1929 and 1930. He also served as a Member of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (or CIAU) football rules committee and was Intercollegiate Representative of the Canadian Rugby Union (or CRU) rules committee during the 1940s. He later retired from sports and went on to continue his career in medicine at a hospital in Kington, Ontario, from 1936 to 1967. He passed away in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and posthumously into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

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  • Originally Created by: The Silent Forgotten
  • Added: May 22, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199335543/harry-batstone: accessed ), memorial page for Harry “Red” Batstone (23 Sep 1899–3 Mar 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199335543, citing Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Find a Grave.