Tommy Grant, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), died he was 76.

Tommy Grant was a star football player in the Canadian Football League.

(January 9, 1935 – October 18, 2011)

Junior football

Tommy Grant played for the Windsor AKO Fratmen junior team that played in the Canadian Junior final.

CFL

Grant played 13 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1956 to 1968 and one more with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1969. An all-star twice (as a running back and flanker) he rushed for 559 yards and caught 329 passes for 6542 yards in his career. He won the Gruen Trophy as the best rookie in the East in 1956 and the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1964. Most amazingly, he played in 9 Grey Cup games, all with Hamilton, winning 4 of them
Grant was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995.


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