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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Hamilton Wildcats</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamilton_Flying_Wildcats_logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hamilton Wildcats logo"><img alt="Hamilton Wildcats logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Hamilton_Flying_Wildcats_logo.png/150px-Hamilton_Flying_Wildcats_logo.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Hamilton_Flying_Wildcats_logo.png/225px-Hamilton_Flying_Wildcats_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Hamilton_Flying_Wildcats_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="157" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1941<span class="noprint">; 83 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1941</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Folded</th><td class="infobox-data">1950<span class="noprint">; 74 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1950</span>)</span> (Merged with <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tigers_(football)" title="Hamilton Tigers (football)">Hamilton Tigers</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton, Ontario</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Interprovincial_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Interprovincial Rugby Football Union">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team history</th><td class="infobox-data">Hamilton Wildcats (1941–1942, 1945–1949) <br /> Hamilton Flying Wildcats (1943–1944)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team colours</th><td class="infobox-data">Red, White<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0800; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> championships</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (<a href="/wiki/31st_Grey_Cup" title="31st Grey Cup">1943</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home field(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Wynne_Stadium" title="Ivor Wynne Stadium">Civic Stadium</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Hamilton Wildcats</b> were a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton, Ontario</a> that played in the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</a> (ORFU) from 1941 to 1947, and in the <a href="/wiki/Interprovincial_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Interprovincial Rugby Football Union">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union</a> (IRFU) from 1948 to 1949. The team was formed to play in the ORFU in 1941 to fill the void left by the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tigers_(football)" title="Hamilton Tigers (football)">Hamilton Tigers</a>, who ceased operations that year due to many players joining the army.<sup id="cite_ref-CFLapedia_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFLapedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1943 and 1944, the team assumed the name <b>Hamilton Flying Wildcats</b> to reflect the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> personnel on the team.<sup id="cite_ref-CFLapedia_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFLapedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FFR_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After struggling to compete on a sound financial level with the Hamilton Tigers, who resumed operations following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the two clubs merged in 1950 to form the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Wildcats&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Wildcats&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ontario Rugby Football Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For many years, Hamilton had an unstable presence in the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">ORFU</a>, with various teams folding and being renamed. The more established <a href="/wiki/Interprovincial_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Interprovincial Rugby Football Union">IRFU</a> team, the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tigers_(football)" title="Hamilton Tigers (football)">Hamilton Tigers</a>, faced similar struggles, and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> proved disruptive to both leagues' operations. In 1940, as part of a wave of hastily-assembled teams brought together to fill the void of the ORFU teams that had suspended operations, the ORFU returned to Hamilton with a team informally named after the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Alerts" title="Hamilton Alerts">Hamilton Alerts</a>, a short-lived and long-dormant team notable for winning the <a href="/wiki/4th_Grey_Cup" title="4th Grey Cup">1912 Grey Cup</a>. </p><p>In 1941, the Tigers suspended operations due to the war, and the IRFU as a whole would do so from 1942 and 1944, leaving many talented players to join teams in the ORFU as well as a void in Hamilton football.<sup id="cite_ref-1940s_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1940s-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton's ORFU franchise requested to use the Tigers name and colours but were rebuffed, opting to take on the name <i>Hamilton Wildcats</i> and use colours of red and white.<sup id="cite_ref-CFLapedia_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFLapedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats' usage of numerous Tigers alumni led the Wildcats to a very successful three years in which they posted a 19–6–1 record with two appearances in the <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> championship game with one win coming in <a href="/wiki/31st_Grey_Cup" title="31st Grey Cup">1943</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1943 and 1944 seasons, the team is officially recognized as the Hamilton Flying Wildcats due to the RCAF personnel playing on the team.<sup id="cite_ref-FFR_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, the team that won the 31st Grey Cup is recorded as the Hamilton Flying Wildcats. </p><p>After the war ended, the IRFU resumed operations and players that had played for the Tigers were returned to their club. The Wildcats dropped the "flying" from their nickname since the RCAF personnel no longer played for them. After a difficult season in 1945, which saw the club miss the playoffs, the Wildcats claimed back-to-back regular season first-place finishes in 1946 and 1947, but lost in the ORFU finals both years.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interprovincial_Rugby_Football_Union_and_merger">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Wildcats&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to monetary disputes that the Hamilton Tigers were having with the IRFU,<sup id="cite_ref-CFLapedia_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFLapedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Tigers transferred to the ORFU, with the Wildcats switching to the IRFU on April 9, 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-1940s_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1940s-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The switch proved to be difficult for the team, who went from first in the ORFU to dead last in the IRFU, with only one win in their two seasons in that league. Both teams were struggling to compete for fan support and the financial repercussions started to mount. As a result, local prominent citizens including Mr. Ralph W. Cooper, Mr. F.M. Gibson, Mr. C.C. Lawson and Mr. Sam Manson decided that the two clubs should amalgamate and operate as one entity. As such, the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a> football club began play in 1950 in the IRFU as the singular representative of the city of Hamilton. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canadian_Football_Hall_of_Famers">Canadian Football Hall of Famers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Wildcats&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canadian Football Hall of Famers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Len_Back&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Len Back (page does not exist)">Len Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Casey_(Canadian_football)" title="Tom Casey (Canadian football)">Tom Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Krol" title="Joe Krol">Joe "King" Krol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Scott" title="Vince Scott">Vince Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmie_Simpson_(Canadian_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jimmie Simpson (Canadian football) (page does not exist)">Jimmie Simpson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season-by-season">Season-by-season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Wildcats&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Season-by-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#CCFFCC"><small><b><a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> Championships</b></small> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFEEAA"><small><b>Division Championships</b></small> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFBBBB"><small><b>Regular season Championships</b></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_Football_League_seasons" title="List of Canadian Football League seasons">Season</a> </th> <th>League </th> <th>Finish </th> <th>Wins </th> <th>Losses </th> <th>Ties </th> <th>Playoffs </th></tr> <tr> <th>1941 </th> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">ORFU</a> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb">1st </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">Lost Eastern Final (<a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Rough Riders</a>) 7–2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1942 </th> <td>3rd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1943 </th> <td bgcolor="#ffbbbb">1st </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left" style="background: #CCFFCC;"><b>Won ORFU Final (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Balmy_Beach_Beachers" title="Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers">Beachers</a>) 7–2</b><br /><b>Won East Final (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Lachine_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lachine RCAF (page does not exist)">Lachine RCAF</a>) 7–6</b><br /><b>Won <a href="/wiki/31st_Grey_Cup" title="31st Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> (<a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_RCAF_Bombers" title="Winnipeg RCAF Bombers">Winnipeg RCAF Bombers</a>) 23–14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1944 </th> <td bgcolor="#ffbbbb">1st </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left" style="background: #FFEEAA"><b>Won ORFU Final (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Balmy_Beach_Beachers" title="Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers">Beachers</a>) 1–1 series (13–10 points)</b><br />Lost <a href="/wiki/32nd_Grey_Cup" title="32nd Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Hyacinthe-Donnacona_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy">St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy</a>) 7–6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1945 </th> <td>3rd </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1946 </th> <td bgcolor="#ffbbbb">1st </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left"><b>Won ORFU Semi-Finals (<a href="/wiki/Sarnia_Imperials" title="Sarnia Imperials">Imperials</a>) 14–5</b><br />Lost ORFU Finals (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Balmy_Beach_Beachers" title="Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers">Beachers</a>) 13–6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1947 </th> <td bgcolor="#ffbbbb">1st </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left"><b>Won ORFU Semi-Finals (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Indians" title="Toronto Indians">Indians</a>) 14–0</b><br />Lost ORFU Finals (<a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Trojans" title="Ottawa Trojans">Trojans</a>) 15–3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1948 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Interprovincial_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Interprovincial Rugby Football Union">IRFU</a> </td> <td>4th </td> <td>1 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1949 </th> <td>4th </td> <td>0 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Merged to form <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hamilton_Tiger-Cats_seasons" title="List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Regular season totals </th> <td>45 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>4 </td> <th rowspan="3"> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Playoff totals </th> <td>5 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Grey Cup totals </th> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>– </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Wildcats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-CFLapedia_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://cflapedia.com/teams/hamilton.htm">http://cflapedia.com/teams/hamilton.htm</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120310182608/http://cflapedia.com/teams/hamilton.htm">Archived</a> 2012-03-10 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Hamilton Tiger-Cats</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FFR-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FFR_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FFR_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_history">the original</a> on 2012-06-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-09-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hamilton+Tiger-Cats&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticats.ca%2Fpage%2Fhistory_history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHamilton+Wildcats" class="Z3988"></span> Tiger-Cats History</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1940s-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1940s_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1940s_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_timeline_1940">https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_timeline_1940</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090410004955/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_timeline_1940">Archived</a> 2009-04-10 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> CFL Timeline 1940s</span> </li> <li 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color: #000000 !important; ;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in 1950</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario"><span style="color: #000000;">Hamilton, Ontario</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats_all-time_records_and_statistics" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats all-time records and statistics">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats#Players_and_coaches_of_note" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hamilton_Tiger-Cats_seasons" title="List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hamilton_Tiger-Cats_head_coaches" title="List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hamilton_Tiger-Cats_starting_quarterbacks" title="List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats starting quarterbacks">Starting quarterbacks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; 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color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Important figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Barrow_(Canadian_football)" title="John Barrow (Canadian football)">John Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Joe_Coffey" title="Tommy Joe Coffey">Tommy Joe Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Covington" title="Grover Covington">Grover Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_DiPietro" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky DiPietro">Rocky DiPietro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Dunigan" title="Matt Dunigan">Matt Dunigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Faloney" title="Bernie Faloney">Bernie Faloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gabriel" title="Tony Gabriel">Tony Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garney_Henley" title="Garney Henley">Garney Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellison_Kelly" title="Ellison Kelly">Ellison Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Mosca" title="Angelo Mosca">Angelo Mosca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Neumann_(Canadian_football)" title="Peter Neumann (Canadian football)">Peter Neumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Patterson" title="Hal Patterson">Hal Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sazio" title="Ralph Sazio">Ralph Sazio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Scott" title="Vince Scott">Vince Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutherin" title="Don Sutherin">Don Sutherin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Timmis" title="Brian Timmis">Brian Timmis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Voyles" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Voyles">Carl Voyles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Zambiasi" title="Ben Zambiasi">Ben Zambiasi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Legends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Mosca" title="Angelo Mosca">Angelo Mosca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Faloney" title="Bernie Faloney">Bernie Faloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Zuger" title="Joe Zuger">Joe Zuger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garney_Henley" title="Garney Henley">Garney Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Ealey" title="Chuck Ealey">Chuck Ealey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Sunter" title="Ian Sunter">Ian Sunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Covington" title="Grover Covington">Grover Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Zambiasi" title="Ben Zambiasi">Ben Zambiasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Fields_(gridiron_football)" title="Howard Fields (gridiron football)">Howard Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Clements" title="Tom Clements">Tom Clements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kerrigan" title="Mike Kerrigan">Mike Kerrigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_DiPietro" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky DiPietro">Rocky DiPietro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Champion" title="Tony Champion">Tony Champion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Winfield" title="Earl Winfield">Earl Winfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Morreale" title="Mike Morreale">Mike Morreale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_McManus" title="Danny McManus">Danny McManus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Flutie" title="Darren Flutie">Darren Flutie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Montford" title="Joe Montford">Joe Montford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Owner:</b> Hamilton Sports Group</li> <li><b>Chairman:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Young_(businessman)" title="Bob Young (businessman)">Bob Young</a></li> <li><b>General manager:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hervey" title="Ed Hervey">Ed Hervey</a></li> <li><b>Head coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Milanovich" title="Scott Milanovich">Scott Milanovich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Grey Cup<br />championships (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/41st_Grey_Cup" title="41st Grey Cup">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Grey_Cup" title="45th Grey Cup">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Grey_Cup" title="51st Grey Cup">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Grey_Cup" title="53rd Grey Cup">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Grey_Cup" title="55th Grey Cup">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_Grey_Cup" title="60th Grey Cup">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_Grey_Cup" title="74th Grey Cup">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Grey_Cup" title="87th Grey Cup">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">East Division<br />championships (22)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/41st_Grey_Cup" title="41st Grey Cup">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Grey_Cup" title="45th Grey Cup">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Grey_Cup" title="46th Grey Cup">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Grey_Cup" title="47th Grey Cup">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Grey_Cup" title="49th Grey Cup">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Grey_Cup" title="50th Grey Cup">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Grey_Cup" title="51st Grey Cup">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Grey_Cup" title="52nd Grey Cup">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Grey_Cup" title="53rd Grey Cup">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Grey_Cup" title="55th Grey Cup">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_Grey_Cup" title="60th Grey Cup">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Grey_Cup" title="68th Grey Cup">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Grey_Cup" title="72nd Grey Cup">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Grey_Cup" title="73rd Grey Cup">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_Grey_Cup" title="74th Grey Cup">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Grey_Cup" title="77th Grey Cup">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Grey_Cup" title="86th Grey Cup">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Grey_Cup" title="87th Grey Cup">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/101st_Grey_Cup" title="101st Grey Cup">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/102nd_Grey_Cup" title="102nd Grey Cup">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/107th_Grey_Cup" title="107th Grey Cup">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108th_Grey_Cup" title="108th Grey Cup">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; 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