Bruno Bitkowski
Bruno Bitkowski was an all-star Canadian football centre for the Ottawa Rough Riders for eleven seasons. Bitkowski was a Grey Cup champion twice and won the Gruen Trophy as best rookie in the Big Four in 1951. The Ottawa Roughriders retired his number.
The Bruno Bitkowski Memorial Trophy was given to the outstanding lineman in the Canadian Inter-university Sport Football league and was awarded to the most gentlemanly male athlete, from its inception in 1966 until the award was retired in 1986.
Bruno Bitkowski was appointed as a Naval Cadet in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve serving with HMCS Hunter for the UNTD from 1950–51.
