Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Division	East Division
Founded	1950
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Based in	Hamilton, Ontario
Colours	Black and Gold
League	Canadian Football League
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
General manager	Rob Katz (Interim GM)

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario.

Contents

1 Team facts
2 Franchise history
3 Players of note

3.1
3.2 Current Squad

4 See also
5 External links

Team facts

Founded: 1950, a merger of the Hamilton Tigers (merged with the Hamilton Alerts) and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats.

Formerly known as: The Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Flying Wildcats.

Helmet design: Black background with a leaping tiger

Uniform colours: Black, Gold and White.

Home stadium: Ivor Wynne Stadium (1950-present), Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds (1872-1949)

Current Owner: Bob Young

Eastern regular season championships: 18 — 1950, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1998

Grey Cup final appearances:: 18 — 1953 (won), 1957 (won), 1958 (lost), 1959 (lost), 1961 (lost), 1962 (lost), 1963 (won), 1964 (lost), 1965 (won), 1967 (won), 1972 (won), 1980 (lost), 1984 (lost), 1985 (lost), 1986 (won), 1989 (lost), 1998 (lost), 1999 (won)

Main Rivals: Toronto Argonauts (see Labour Day Classic).

2006 Regular Season Record: 1 wins, 4 losses, 0 ties (See 2006 CFL season).

Note: There is some contention regarding the number of times that this franchise has won the Grey Cup. Many people include all the teams that merged to form the team: Hamilton Tigers (5 championships), Hamilton Flying Wildcats (1 championship) and the Hamilton Alerts (1 championship) in addition to the 8 as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. While others do not agree about this history and limit the wins to those of the merged team.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

Franchise history

On Wednesday, November 3, 1869, in a room above George Lee's Fruit Store, the Hamilton Football Club was formed. In 1908, the Tigers won the dominion championship, a year before the Grey Cup was presented.

Prior to World War II, Hamilton's football team was known as the Tigers. The colours of yellow and black were well represented and the present philosophy of tough football was established in those early days. The only time that Hamilton football was interrupted as a spectator sport was during World War I and World War II.

After World War II the Tiger Football Team started competition again. At the same time, a new group in the city was formed and they became known as the Hamilton Wildcats. As it can well be imagined, competition was high on and off the field. The Hamilton Tigers were able to induce players like Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes in the late 1940s to come up and play for no more than athletic awards.

The competition for fan participation was so great that both teams were unable to operate on a sound financial basis. Under the guidance of Mr. Ralph W. Cooper, Mr. F.M. Gibson and many other prominent Hamilton citizens, including the late Mr. C.C. Lawson and the late Mr. Sam Manson, it was decided that the two clubs should amalgamate and form one representative team for Hamilton.

The present name, Tiger-Cats, and what is known as the modern era of football started in 1950. In order that the two groups could work favourably together they selected Mr. Cooper as president to bring these two factions to work under one roof.

Players of note

John Barrow
Grover Covington
Rocky Dipietro
Matt Dunigan
Bernie Faloney
Tony Gabriel
Garney Henley
Ellison Kelly
Angelo Mosca
Peter Neumann
Vince Scott
Don Sutherin
Brian Timmins
Ben Zambiasi

Current Squad

Active roster
1 - Wayne Shaw, S
2 - Terry Vaughn, WR
3 - Corey Holmes, RB
4 - Tay Cody, DB
5 - Craig Yeast, WR
6 - Pat Fleming, P
8 - Kamau Paterson, WR
9 - Josh Ranek, RB
11 - Jason Maas, QB
12 - Kevin Eakin, QB
15 - Tad Kornegay, DB
17 - Richie Williams, QB
18 - Mike Morreale, WR
20 - Airabin Justin, DB
21 - Jason Goss, CB
22 - Imokhai Atogwe, DB
24 - Renard Cox, LB
25 - Kojo Aidoo, FB
26 - Scott Gordon, DB
29 - Chris Martin, DB
30 - Jamie Boreham, K
31 - Jykine Bradley, DB
32 - Jojuan Armour, LB
33 - Julian Radlein, FB
38 - Matt Robichaud, LB
39 - Agustin Barrenchea, LB
42 - Rob Hitchcock, LB
44 - Ray Mariuz, LB
49 - Tim Cheatwood, DE
52 - George Hudson, C
55 - Bobby Brooks, LB
59 - Wayne Smith, G
60 - Fabio Filice, G
62 - Marwan Hage, C
64 - Ryan Donnelly, G
65 - Damion Cook, OL
68 - Greg Randall, T
78 - Adriano Belli, DT
80 - Brock Ralph, WR
82 - D.J. Flick, WR
85 - Willie Quinnie, WR
88 - Kwame Cavil, WR
90 - Mario Fatafehi, DT
92 - Demetrois Walker, DE
94 - DeVonte Peterson, DE
99 - James Cotton, DE
Injured roster
19 - Sandy Beveridge, S
28 - Anthony Davis, RB
20px 37 - Gilles Lezi, FB
50 - Jamal Powell, T
66 - Pascal Cheron, T
70 - Roger Dunbrack, DT

External links

Canadian Football League

East Division: Hamilton | Montreal | Toronto | Winnipeg

West Division: British Columbia | Calgary | Edmonton | Saskatchewan

Suspended for 2006 season: Ottawa

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