Bob Hanley’s journalism career spanned 47 years with the Hamilton Spectator. He earned 35 newspaper awards including three national and nine provincial honours. Hanley covered everything from Queen’s Park to Royal visits, but found his niche covering sports, where he...
Twenty-five years of covering the ups and downs of Canadian Football on radio, private and public, definitely qualifies Bob Picken, for induction into the Football Reporters of Canada wing. Bob did Winnipeg Blue Bomber play-by-play for CJOB Winnipeg in the 1960s, and...
Jim Proudfoot was born in Ottawa but his heart belongs to the Toronto Argonauts. Proudfoot began writing for the Toronto Star in 1952 while still a student at the University of Toronto. Over the next forty years, Proudfoot filled just about every chair at the Star...
1950, Ralph W. Cooper amalgamated the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats, forming the modern-day “Tiger-Cats”. He was a member of the Tiger-Cats’ Board of Directors until 1972 and served on the club’s Board of Governors from 1973 to 1977. While with the...
Don Sutherin was a wily defensive back and a premier place kicker during his 12 seasons in the Canadian Football League. ‘Suds’ led the Eastern Conference in scoring in 1961 with 69 points, 1964 with 94 points, 1965 with 82 points and 1968 with 112 points. Sutherin...
