Mental health counsellors have been on campus to work with grieving players this week and that work continues, said Bellefeuille.Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California Īlice Scully (1909–1996 his death) (married 1930)

'Having all the fans behind us and stuff and have Frank up there to look down on us. I think it'll be a good outcome for this game and everybody's ready,' he said.Ī 25-year-old mechanical engineering student, Perron started playing for the Gee-Gees in 2017 and was named an academic all-Canadian in 20. The cause of his death has not been announced. Pezzuto said the team is 'ready to play the game' to help them work through the grieving process. 'Everybody's ready to play the game'įriend and teammate Michael Pezzuto said he remembers Perron as a full-effort teammate who 'would want for us to go out there and ball out and win this game for him.' WATCH | Head coach Marcel Bellefeuille on Francis Perron:ĭuration 0:40 Marcel Bellefeuille, head coach of the Ottawa Gee Gee’s, says the recent death of teammate Francis Perron has been a blow to the team members and coaches, who are preparing to head back onto the field on Saturday. The team plans to hold a ceremony during their upcoming game in Kingston where Perron's jersey will be on display on the sideline. The team held their first practice since Perron's death Wednesday evening and any players who weren't ready to return to the field would be welcome back any time, said Bellefeuille.

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they felt like Francis would want them to play.' 'Some players felt, you know, that this getting back on the field, and after a few days of grieving, was going to be a good thing for them. 'It didn't matter to me whether we played another down of football this season,' said head coach Marcel Bellefeuille. The football program suspended activities in the days following, but on Thursday announced it would play its next game Saturday at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees football team will play just one week after the sudden death of a beloved teammate, and display his jersey along the sidelines during the game.įrancis Perron of Sherbrooke, Que., died shortly after the team's season opener in Toronto last weekend.

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