1953 Saskatoon Hilltops
Football (1986)

CANADIAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
Playing in the newly established four-member Manitoba – Saskatchewan Junior Football League, the Hilltops defeated the Winnipeg Weston Wildcats in a two-game series, 35-4 and 21-1. The club won the Western title overpowering the Vancouver Blue Bombers 50-6. In the Canadian final held in Saskatoon, the Tops beat Windsor AKO 34-6.

This 1953 team was enshrined in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

Front row:  Walter Pusharenko, Bill Trout, Val Kononoff, Earl Gedir (Mascot), John Jasper, Carl Lucychyn, Chick Jacobi. Second row:  Ed Wyman (Manager), Ron Tinkler (Coach), Bob Arn (Head Coach), Ray Syrnyk, Lorne Richardson (President), Brent Logan, John Babineau (Line Coach), Dr. Sam Landa (Club Physician), Dan Godley (Equipment Manager). Third row:  Ken McMurtry, Rusty Chartier, Ted McKenzie, Chuck Boliantz, Johnny Kril, Ernie Gulka, Larry Bretell, Ard Risdahl, Cliff Metcalfe, Audie Heier. Back row:  Dick Clark, Bob Henley, Andy Voykin, Ron Adam, Ed Wright, Jules Rawlyk, Olie Olstad, Don Park, Murray Pyke, Johnny Sands, Missing: Tom McClocklin