Len Back

EXECUTIVE CAREER
MANAGER, HAMILTON TIGERS JUNIORS 1920
MANAGER, HAMILTON TIGERS INTERMEDIATES 1921 – 1926
MANAGER, HAMILTON TIGERS SENIORS 1928 – 1940, 1945 – 1947
MANAGER, HAMILTON FLYING WILDCATS 1943
MANAGER, HAMILTON TIGERS SENIORS 1948, 1949
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS   1950 – 1980

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (EXECUTIVE) 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1943, 1944
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM (EXECUTIVE) 1928, 1929, 1932, 1943

WITH LENOARD P. BACK AS MANAGER, HAMILTON SENIOR TEAMS WON THE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1928, 1929, 1932, AND 1943.  BACK BECAME TEAM MANAGER OF THE MODERN ERA TIGER-CATS IN 1950, AND REMAINED IN THIS POSITION THROUGH THE MID-1970’S.  HE SERVED AS THE HONOURARY MANAGER THROUGH THE 1980 SEASON. 


LEN BACK WAS KNOWN FOR HIS AMIABILITY, HIS SUCCESS IN HANDLING PLAYERS, AND HIS DEVOTION TO THE GAME.  A MAN OF GREAT HUMOUR, HE WAS OFTEN SELECTED AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR VARIOUS FOOTBALL EVENTS.  BACK WAS HONOURED AT THE GREY CUP DINNER IN 1961.

INDUCTED 1971 – BUILDER

Class of 1971 Jackie Parker, Hal Patterson