Benny MacDonnell [SEP] member of sports team
Benny MacDonnell
Benny MacDonnell (c. 1930 – in or before 1986) was a Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1951. MacDonnell was born in Ottawa, the son of Duncan MacDonnell, Ottawa Chief of Police. He was the father of former Ottawa news anchor Gary MacDonnell. Benny MacDonnell died sometime before September 18, 1986.
After his retirement as a badminton player, Wayne Macdonnell continued involved in badminton, managing the British Columbia team that won the silver medal in the Canada Winter Games in 1975 and the Thomas Cup team that competed for Canada in 1986. Macdonnell later became president of Badminton Canada and a corporate member of Sears Canada in Ontario.
In 1993, Wayne Macdonnell was inducted to the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame; he is also a member of the Hall of Fame of badminton in Canada.