Tommy Grant (football player)
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| Tommy Grant | |
|---|---|
| Place of birth: |  Windsor, Ontario |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Wide receiver Running back |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1956-1968 1969 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1964 |
| Canadian Football Hall of Fame | |
Tommy Grant was a star football player in the Canadian Football League.
Coming from the Windsor AKO Fratmen junior team that played in the Canadian Junior final, Grant would play 13 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1956 to 1968) and 1 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1969). An all star twice (as a running back and flanker) he would rush for 559 yards and catch 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, winning 4 of them.
He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
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