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LEE KNIGHT HAS NUMBER RETIRED

LEE KNIGHT HAS NUMBER RETIRED

 

Former Canadian Football League slotback Lee Knight is the second Burlington Brave to have his number retired.

The ceremony marking the occasion took place at the Ontario Football Conference team’s home opener at Nelson Stadium.

Knight, who wore No. 23 as a Brave, joins CFL Hall-of-Famer Peter Dalla Riva (No. 75) in the select group.

Knight, a Burlington native who attended Lord Elgin (now Robert Bateman) High School, played two-and-a-half years with the Braves before being called up to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ practice squad that resulted in a 10-year (1987-97) pro career.

 

BOOK LAUNCH

BOOK LAUNCH

 

Retired football legend creates heavenly twist to iconic hockey series


Retired CFL quarterback, educator and coach, Frank Cosentino has written an enchanting folk story that sees long-dead NHLers “infusing” themselves into Team Canada hockey players when the hockey Gods feared the home team was in mortal danger of losing the 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey summit.

The imaginative fable is the stuff that dreams are made of, with gone-but-not-forgotten players like Georges Vezina and Howie Morenz and other celestial “Gods” providing an assist to Team Canada greats such as Paul Henderson, Phil Esposito and Peter Mahovlich.

Cosentino was a renowned quarterback who played 10 years in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with Hamilton, Edmonton and Toronto. As a player he was a member of five Grey Cup teams, winning twice with Hamilton.

Now a prolific author and Professor Emeritus at York University, Cosentino has created a supernatural tale that provides a unique and celestial twist to what is considered the greatest hockey series ever played.

This is Cosentino’s 15th book. After he retired from the CFL, he taught and coached at the University of Western Ontario for six years where his teams twice won Vanier Cups. He joined Toronto’s York University as professor and chair of Physical Education and Athletics. He and his wife, Sheila, live in Eganville, Ontario.

Hockey Gods at the Summit, by Frank Cosentino, is published by General Store Publishing House, Renfrew, Ontario, and retails for $19.95
To place an order PLEASE CONTACT:
Alison Roesler, Publicist, General Store Publishing House
P: 1-800-465-6072 x235 f: 613-432-7184

CONGRATULATIONS!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Hamilton Sports Hall of FameHamilton Tiger-Cat Alumni and Hall of Famer Garney Henley was inducted into the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame.

Other members of the 2011 class include Dave Andrychuck, Cecelia Carter-Smith, Ron Foxcroft, Bill Isaacs, Emil ‘Pops’ Kenesky, Al Morrow, Pat Quinn, Velma Springstead and the 1975/76 Hamilton Fincups.

The Induction dinner took place on September 27th at Carmen's Banquest Centre.

Congratulations to all of the 2011 Inductees.!

 

 

TIGER TALE TIDBITS

TIGER TALE TIDBITS

On Friday, August 20th, 2010 at the Moss Park Armoury in Toronto, the Jake Gaudaur Veteran’s Award trophy was unveiled honouring  Jake’s memory and that of all Veterans.

Jake Gaudaur was a Canadian hero.  A Canadian fighter pilot instructor during the Second World War.  Jake played in Hamilton for the Tigers in 1940 and 1948-49 and then the Tiger-Cats from 1950-51 & 1953. He won Grey Cups as a player and as an Executive, before serving as Commissioner of the Canadian Football League  from  1968 to l984.

His story embodies the historic bond between our league and our Veterans and will  be celebrated with the introduction of this trophy.Created by the CFL and Veterans Affairs Canada, it will be presented each year to a CFL player who best demonstrates the attributes that have always defined Canada’s Veterans:  strength, perseverance, courage, comradeship and contribution to Canadian communities.

On November 24th in Edmonton, Saskatchewan Roughrider Mike McCullough was announced as the first winner of the Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award

 

 

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