He played for the Toronto Argonauts from 1935 to 1941, leading the team to Grey Cup victories in 1937 and 1938 (playing 45 regular season and 14 playoff games).[1] He then played for the Oakwood Indians (1942), Balmy Beach (1943), HMCS York Bulldogs (1944) and the Toronto Indians (1945, 1946), all Toronto-based teams.
Stukus was a consultant to the Toronto Huskies basketball team in its only season of operation in 1946–47.
In 1953, he turned his services to the expansion BC Lions, serving as head coach and general manager. While the Lions would begin play the next year, he also coached one exhibition year for the Lions' amateur predecessor, the Vancouver Cubs.[2]
In 1971, Stukus became general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association and signed Bobby Hull to a 10-year contract, with a then unprecedented $1 million signing bonus. In 1974, he worked in the front office of the Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team.
Annis was one of the famed Stukus brothers. Both Bill Stukus and Frank Stukus were Grey Cup champions. Indeed, while with the Argonauts all three played in the backfield at the same time, and won the Grey Cup together in 1938.[3]