playing_years birth_place playing_team awards article_title position honors birth_date college name imagewidth
1946-47 1947-51 1951 deseronto , ontario ottawa rough riders ontario veterinarian college ottawa rough riders 1946 - gruen trophy bernie brennan
 halfback 1951 - grey cup champion 1927 st. veterinarian college patrick 's high school -lrb- ottawa -rrb- ontario bernie brennan 1
bernie brennan

bernie brennan is a former award winning and grey cup champion canadian football league player .
coming straight out of st. patrick 's high school and at the age of 19 , brennan joined the ottawa rough riders in 1946 and won the very first gruen trophy for best rookie in the eastern big four .
after one more season with the riders he returned to school , studying veterinary medicine at ontario veterinarian college .
he was a star with their football team , enshrined in the guelph gryphons sports hall of fame in 1991 .
he then returned to the rough riders in 1951 , helping them win a grey cup championship .
brennan was also a skilled hockey player , playing for the 1947-48 kemptville royals , a championship senior men 's hockey team in the st. lawrence league and the ottawa district hockey association , and the brockville magedomas in 1951 .
after his playing days he became director of rideau carleton raceway , where he was appointed track veterinarian .
dr. brennan is a member of the ontario racing commission .
he has been elected into the north grenville sports hall of fame .
