1960 Gee-Gees Football Hall of Fame Bursary (OSOTF)

Award created thanks to the generosity of Jim Allen

Award Overview

Value of the award:
Variable
(up to the maximum stipulated in the OUA and U Sports rules and regulations)
Number of awards:
Variable
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate or graduate
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
November 2
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

To assist football student-athletes whose education would otherwise be compromised.  

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or a person with protected or refugee status
  2. be enrolled as a full-time student athlete (as determined by the OUA and U Sports) and a member of the Gee-Gees football team at the University of Ottawa
  3. be an Ontario resident, as per OSAP rules
  4. demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid and Awards Service of the University of Ottawa

How to Apply

Multiple Awards Program

To be considered for this award, candidates must apply to Varsity Student-Athlete Scholarships (99935).

Applications must be submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire

About this Award

The 1960 Gee-Gees football team was the first of Coach Matt Anthony's undefeated teams, playing to a 7-0 regular season record in the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference. The team then defeated Loyola College 49–13 to win the Ontario-St. Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship. Over the season, the Gee-Gees outscored opponents 259-78, before travelling to Halifax for the Atlantic Bowl.

The team had been considered favourites to win the league going into the season, having finished second in 1959.  

Bill McIntyre, a medical student who had led the league in scoring in 1959, was returning, as was Brien Benoit, who was considered the league’s best lineman. Both were local Ottawa players. In fact, most of the roster was made up of grads from Lisgar, Fisher, St. Pat’s, Glebe and University of Ottawa high schools. Glenn Robinson hailed from Arnprior, Earl Blackadder from Cornwall and Dick Barch was an American import.  

As the wins began to pile up, Matt Anthony declared his fedora hat to be lucky and refused to replace it prior to the Atlantic Bowl. 

This bursary was created by Jim Allen (Gee-Gees football 1959–1964) to honour the team’s induction into the Gee-Gees Football Hall of Fame in 2020.