Annis Stukus

Annis Stukus

Stukus in 1954
Date of birth October 25, 1914 (1914-10-25)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario
Date of death May 20, 2006 (2006-05-21) (aged 91)
Place of death Canmore, Alberta
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) QB/K
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
As administrator
1949–1951 Edmonton Eskimos
1954–1955 BC Lions
As coach
1949–1951 Edmonton Eskimos
1954–1955 BC Lions
As player
1935–1941 Toronto Argonauts
1942 Toronto/Oakwood Indians
1943 Balmy Beach
1944 HMCS York Bulldogs
1945–1946 Toronto Indians
1949–1951 Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 1938, 1943
Honours Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1991)
Career stats

Annis Paul Stukus (October 25, 1914 – May 20, 2006) was a Canadian football player, coach and general manager, and ice hockey general manager.

Stukus was born in Toronto. He played for the Toronto Argonauts from 1935 to 1941, leading the team to Grey Cup victories in 1937 and 1938 (playing 45 regular season and 14 playoff games.)[1] He then played for the Oakwood Indians (1942), Balmy Beach (1943), HMCS York Bulldogs (1944) and the Toronto Indians (1945, 1946), all Toronto-based teams.

Stukus was a consultant to the Toronto Huskies basketball team in its one season of operations in 1946–47.

In 1949, he helped organize the Edmonton Eskimos' reentry into the Western Interprovincial Football Union and served as their head coach for three seasons. In 1953, he turned his services to the expansion BC Lions, serving as head coach and general manager.

In 1967, he was general manager of the Vancouver Canucks of the minor pro Western Hockey League. In 1971, Stukus became general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association and signed Bobby Hull to 10-year contract, with an unprecedented $1 million signing bonus. In 1974, he worked in the front office of the Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team.

The CFL's annual award for coach of the year is named in his honour. He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.

Annis was one of the famed Stukus brothers. Both Bill Stukus and Frank Stukus were Grey Cup champions. Indeed, while with the Argonauts all three played in the backfield at the same time, and won the Grey Cup together in 1938.[2]

He died at his home in Canmore, Alberta, at age 91.

References

Preceded by
Position created
General Manager of the original Winnipeg Jets
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Succeeded by
Rudy Pilous
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