Neil Lumsden

The Honourable Neil Lumsden MPP
Lumsden in 2024
Minister of Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office June 24, 2022
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Lisa MacLeod
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Paul Miller
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-19) December 19, 1952 (age 71) London, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Education	Crescent School (Toronto)
Football career
No. 32
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	FB, RB
University	Ottawa Gee-Gees
CFL draft	1976, round: Territorial Protection
Drafted by	Toronto Argonauts
Career history
As administrator
1996–1999	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
As player
1976–1978	Toronto Argonauts
1978–1979	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1980–1985	Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
As player 3× Grey Cup champion (1980, 1981, 1982) Dick Suderman Trophy (1981) Frank M. Gibson Trophy (1976) As GM Grey Cup champion (1999)
Records	410 points CIS career 148 points in a CIS season (1975)
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2014

Neil James Lumsden^[1] MPP (born December 19, 1952) is a Canadian politician and retired professional football player. Lumsden was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He serves as Minister of Sport.

Lumsden played his entire professional career in the Canadian Football League (CFL), mostly as a fullback and also as a running back for the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos from 1976 to 1985.