Emerson's Big Day

Last night I copied an article about the most recent high school championship game. Today, I'm going  to copy one from the least recent.

Any account of high school football (senior) that I've ever come across dates back to 1927. No doubt games were played well before then but that appears to be the year that operations became solidly structured and/or a champion was crowned.

Note that this was a city championship, hence the reference to playing Renfrew the following week in the portion of the article below.

The lasting impression of this game was that one Emerson Ogilvy entered the Gallery of the Gods.

Luckily, the game was not marred by vaccinations.

This would be the first of 13 championships for Glebe between 1927 and 1946. They remain, to this day, the most decorated team in the city for high school football with 17 overall, though the last was in 1991.

As for Emerson Ogilvy, after entering the Gallery of the Gods, his name appeared in the Canadian Junior Football league record books. He is tied with several others for having kicked seven singles in a game for the Ottawa South Roamers in 1928. I had not heard of this team until today but I might just have to do a little digging now!