QUEEN'S GOLDEN GAELS

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The 'Queen's Golden Gaels' are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium.
The name was coined in 1947 by Kingston Whig-Standard sports reporter Cliff Bowering after the football team traded its traditional uniform of red, gold, and blue bands for gold jerseys, gold helmets, and red pants. The name caught on and became the familiar term for Queen's teams by the 1950s. "Gaels," of course, is a reference to Queen's Scottish heritage (Queen's University was established in 1841 by the Presbyterian church). Before 1947, Queen's teams were commonly known as "The Tricolour."
Their rallying cry is the ''"Oil Thigh"'', a fight song sung in Gaelic by spectators when the home team scores a point, goal, touchdown, etc. Originally written in 1898 after a disappointing loss to the University of Toronto, the name comes from the phrase sung repeatedly in the main chorus: "Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath", or "College of the Queen forever" in Gaelic. The song has the tune of the ''Battle Hymn of the Republic''; its English verses about the rivals of Queen's College alternate with the Gaelic chorus.
Queen's teams have had a variety of successes on the national and international stages over the university's history. The Golden Gaels football program is one of the oldest and most successful in Canada, boasting a total of three straight Grey Cup victories in the early Twentieth Century (1922, 1923, and 1924) and three Vanier Cup victories as the top team in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (1968, 1978, and 1992). However, many of the Gaels' teams in less popular sports have had more success recently than the football program. An example is the women's soccer team, which, in 2006, earned silver medals in the CIS national championships, thanks largely to star striker Eilish McConville.[1] McConville led all CIS players with 22 goals during the regular season, and was named the CIS Player of the year as a result. [2] The success of the soccer program and other teams in less well-known sports demonstrate the university's commitment to its stated goal of "sport for all," also reflected in how it continues to field more men's and women's teams at the Varsity level than any other university in Canada.

Contents
Current Football Roster
Offence
Current Hockey Roster
References
See also
External links

Current Football Roster


Golden Gaels football at Richardson Memorial Stadium

''Players' years of enrolment are noted in italics''
Offence

'Quarterbacks'
★  5
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Danny Brannagan ''2nd''
★  0
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Max Bruce ''3rd''
★  -
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Michael Melito ''1st''
★  4
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Jansen Shrubb ''2nd''
★ 12
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Ibrahim Zylstra ''3rd'''Runningbacks'
★ 35
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Billy Burke ''2nd''
★ 34
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Mike Giffin ''3rd''
★ 27
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Marty Gordon ''3rd''
★ 30
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Neil Petrin ''1st''
★ 36
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Jimmy Therrien ''1st'''Inside Receivers'
★  8
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Rob Bagg ''4th''
★ 81
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Brandon Baronaitis ''1st''
★ 70
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Jamie Bull ''1st''
★ 84
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Chris Ioannides ''1st''
★ 88
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Devin Sheahan ''1st''
★ 83
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Scott Stinson ''3rd''
★  3
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Mark Surya ''1st'''Wide Receivers'
★ 86
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Colin Eadie ''1st''
★ 85 Blaise Morrison ''1st''
★ 80
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Alex Patrick ''2nd''
★ 11
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Brad Smith ''4th''
★ 82
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Scott Valberg ''3rd'''Offensive Linemen'
★ 50
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Dan Bederman ''1st''
★ 64
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Colin Boyle ''2nd''
★ 60
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Ryan Freeman ''5th''
★ 51
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Mike Gorman ''1st''
★ 53 Cody Kennedy ''4th''
★ 55
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Jon Koidis ''2nd''
★ 56
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Pat Mccalmont ''2nd''
★ 52
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J.P. Morgenstern ''2nd''
★ 66
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Sean O'Donnell ''4th''
★ 59
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Brett Williamson ''1st''
★ 58 David Van Den Heuvel ''3rd''

Current Hockey Roster


''"Year" refers to athletic eligibility, not enrolment at Queen's''
Goaltenders
#'Player'YearHometown
'1'
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Ryan Gibb1stToronto, Ontario
'30'
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Curtis Murray-Waters1stWindsor, Ontario
'35'
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Tyler D'Angelo1stOttawa, Ontario

Defencemen
#'Player'YearHometown
'4'
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Cameron Chapman4thCollingwood, Ontario
'15'
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Pat McDonough3rdBurlington, Ontario
'24'Alex Archibald3rdBedford, Nova Scotia
'5'
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Ben Heersink2ndOakville, Ontario
'3'
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Andrew Thorne1stOakville, Ontario
'6'
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Grant Horvath2ndCalgary, Alberta
'22'
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Kyle Cassidy3rdNiagara Falls, Ontario

Forwards
#'Player'YearHometown
'10'
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Brad Walford - 'C'5thMississauga, Ontario
'18'
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Jamie Brock5thBurlington, Ontario
'20'
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Jeff Ovens4thKing City, Ontario
'12'
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Brian Moore4thCalgary, Alberta
'25'
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Andrew Gilbert - 'A'4thToronto, Ontario
'17'
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Clinton McCullough2ndToronto, Ontario
'19'
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Neil Poulsen4thBrockville, Ontario
'42'
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Craig Johnston3rdSharon, Ontario
'7'
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Sam Colizza2ndSault Ste. Marie, Ontario
'9'
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Rob Catallo2ndSault Ste. Marie, Ontario
'27'
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Brady Olsen - 'A'3rdEnterprise, Ontario
'28'
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Pat Doyle1stSmith Falls, Ontario
'21'
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T.J. Sutter1stRedvers, Saskatchewan
'13'
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Jon Asselstine4thBarrie, Ontario
'23'
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Blake Pronk1stLondon, Ontario
'16'
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Billy Burke2ndNewmarket, Ontario

References


1. A summary of the team's performance leading up to the championship match can be found here.
2. The CIS press release announcing McConville's award can be found here. A story in the Queen's Journal on the championship match can be found here.

See also



★ Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

External links



★ Queen's Golden Gaels

★ Explanation of the Term at the Queen's Website

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