Dr. Tom Casey

PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON WILDCATS   1949
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS   1950 – 1954, 1956

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN RUNNING BACK  1950, 1951, 1952
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE BACK   1953, 1954, 1955
EDDIE JAMES MEMORIAL TROPHY  1950
WINNIPEG TRIBUNE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR  1955

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1950, 1953

DR. TOM CASEY BEGAN HIS CANADIAN FOOTBALL CAREER IN 1949 AFTER PLAYING ONE YEAR WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES OF THE ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.

HE WAS THE LEADING RUSHER IN THE WESTERN INTERPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL UNON IN 1950 WITH 637 YARDS. IN 1952 CASEY GAINED 100 YARDS ON A SINGLE PLAY AGAINST SASKATCHEWAN, HAD 205 YARDS ON PASS INTERCEPTION RETURNS AND SCORED 16 TOUCHDOWNS TO SET A WIFU SINGLE SEASON TOUCHDOWN RECORD.

TOM “CITATION” CASEY WAS HONOURED IN 1956 BY THE PEOPLE OF MANITOBA, AND WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE 1964 GREY CUP DINNER.

INDUCTED 1964 – PLAYER

Class of 1964 Ross Brown Craig, Tony Golab, Teddy Morris, Jack Newton, Michael J. Rodden, Paul Rowe, A.H. "Bert" Warwick, Huck Welch