PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1978-1991

AWARDS AND HONOURS
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN 1982, 1989
ALL-CANADIAN SLOTBACK 1986, 1989
ALL-EASTERN SLOTBACK 1981-1982, 1986, 1989
LEW HAYMAN TROPHY 1982, 1986, 1989

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1980, 1984, 1986, 1989
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM 1986

THE STAR SLOTBACK OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA GEE GEES, ROCKY DIPIETRO, SIGNED WITH THE HAMILTON TIGER-CATS IN 1978.

DURING HIS 13 YEAR CAREER AS A SLOTBACK AND WIDE RECEIVER, DIPIETRO BECAME THE CFL'S ALL-TIME PASS RECEPTION LEADER IN 1989 AND HAD A CAREER TOTAL OF 706 RECEPTIONS FOR 9,762 YARDS AND 45 TOUCHDOWNS. AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT, DIPIETRO HELD THE TIGER-CAT TEAM RECORDS FOR MOST CAREER PASS RECEPTIONS AND RECEPTION YARDS. IN 1982, 1984, AND 1986, HE SURPASSED 1,000 YARDS IN PASS RECEPTIONS.

ROCKY DIPIETRO RETIRED IN 1991 AFTER STARRING IN FOUR GREY CUP GAMES FOR THE STEELTOWN TEAM. HE WAS NAMED TO THE TIGER-CAT WALK OF FAME IN 1994.

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INDUCTED 1997 - PLAYER

Class of 1997 Junior Ah You, Bruce Coulter, Bill Symons, Al Wilson