Warren Stevens (Canadian football)
Warren Adelbert Stevens (August 5, 1905 – October 26, 1978) was an American-born Canadian football player and coach who became a pioneer in Canadian university athletics. Born in Syracuse, New York, he played college football, baseball, and basketball at Syracuse University, where a skull fracture ended his college football career.
In 1931, Stevens went to McGill University to study ice hockey. He joined the Montreal Winged Wheelers as quarterback and led them through an undefeated regular season to the Grey Cup. He threw the first touchdown pass in Grey Cup history, helping Montreal beat Western 22–0.
Stevens moved to the University of Toronto in 1932 as the first full-time director of athletics. He served as head coach of the Toronto Varsity Blues football team from 1932 to 1945, compiling a 44–26–2 record and winning three Yates Cup championships (1932, 1933, 1936). He also coached Varsity Blues men’s ice hockey (1933–1935) and men’s basketball (1935–1940).
He retired in 1970 and moved to Australia to be close to his daughter. Stevens died on October 26, 1978, in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 73.
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