Don Knowles

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| birth_date = 1927

| birth_place = Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|19|1927}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| position1 = Halfback

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| college = Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School

| playing_years1 = 1946–50

| playing_team1 = Sarnia Imperials

| playing_years2 = 1950–51

| playing_team2 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_years3 = 1953

| playing_team3 = Sarnia Imperials

| playing_years4 = 1954

| playing_team4 = BC Lions

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| CFLAllStar = 1949

| awards = 1949 - Imperial Oil Trophy

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Donald Gordon "Sleepy" Knowles (1927 – October 19, 2017) was a halfback in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.{{Cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1954wifubc.html|title = 1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) - Pro Football Archives}}[http://www.fanbase.com/1-Don-Knowles FANBASE entry : Don Knowles] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221004156/http://www.fanbase.com/1-Don-Knowles |date=December 21, 2014 }}

Coming straight from high school, Knowles played for his hometown Sarnia Imperials from 1946 to 1950, with his finest season being 1949, when he was an all-star and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as OFRU most valuable player. He later played two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=K |title=Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alumni |access-date=2012-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004080115/http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=K |archive-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=dead }} returned to Sarnia for a season, and finished his football career playing a game for the 1954 inaugural BC Lions team.1998 BC Lions Media Guide

In 1990 he was elected to the Sarnia Lambton Sports Hall of Fame.[http://sarniasports.com/Halloffame/1990.html 1990 Inductees] He died in 2017.{{cite web | url=https://rskane.ca/tribute/details/10447/Donald-Knowles/obituary.html#content-start | title=Obituary of Donald Knowles | R.S. Kane Funeral Home }}