Tommy Grant

Tommy Grant (January 9, 1935 – October 18, 2011) was a Canadian football player who played 14 seasons in the Canadian Football League. He spent 13 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1956 to 1968 and a final season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1969. A running back and flanker, he was a two-time all-star and recorded 559 rushing yards and 329 receptions for 6,542 yards over his career. He won the Gruen Trophy as the top rookie in the East in 1956 and the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1964. Grant played in nine Grey Cup games, all with Hamilton, winning four. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995.