SSHoF logo1958 Saskatoon Hilltops

Team (1986)

Football

Canadian Junior Football Champions

The 1958 Hilltops beat the Regina Rams in a two-game series, 50-19 and 34-20, to win the Manitoba Saskatchewan Junior Title. In the western final, the Hilltops shut out the Edmonton Wildcats 26-0. In the Canadian Final held in Montreal, the Hilltops edged Montreal Notre Dame de Grace Maple Leafs 18-14.

The Tops scored 11 straight wins in an unbeaten season. This club has been inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

Front row: Keith Thompson, Don Fowke (Captain), Ian Skene, John Somers (Water Boy), Murray Dickson (Water Boy), Bill Mathison, Bob Belak, Theo Dorish
Second row: Alex Parneta, Don Featherstone, George Werezak, Jim Coleman, Jerry Duffus, Chuck Gullickson, Eric Reimer, Bryn Jones, Bob Roland
Third row: Gar McIndoe, Butch Johnson, Dave Shaw, Cliff Pilkey (Trainer), George Adolph ** (Manager), John Babineau (Head Coach), Don Somers (Club President), Ron Tinkler (Coach), Dr. Sam Landa **(Club Physician), Rod Periton (Trainer), Don Folk, Anson Finlay
Back row: Bob Myers, Howard Kellough, Brian Casselman, Bud Curtis, Al Ledingham, Evan Kyba, Ken Webster, Don Hibbert, Don Barbaro, Garnet McKee, Bill Johnson.

** Deceased