PLAYING CAREER
MONTREAL ALOUETTES    1968-1981

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN TIGHT END    1972, 1975, 1976
ALL-CANADIAN TIGHT END    1972, 1973, 1975
ALL-STAR GAME MVP    1973

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION    1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS    1970, 1974, 1977

PETER DALLA RIVA CAME TO CANADA FROM HIS NATIVE ITALY IN 1953, AND WAS DESTINED TO BECOME ONE THIS COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR ATHLETES.

HE PLAYED WITH THE BURLINGTON BRAVES AND THE OAKVILLE BLACK KNIGHTS BEFORE JOINING THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES.

HE WAS MONTREAL'S LEADING RECEIVER IN 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, AND 1977, AND HE HOLDS THE CLUB RECORD FOR TOUCHDOWN CATCHES. THE BIG TIGHT END OFTEN CAME UP WITH CLUTCH RECEPTIONS AND HIS TREMENDOUS BLOCKING ABILITY MADE HIM AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE GREAT ALOUETTE TEAMS OF THE 1970'S. HE WAS MONTREAL'S NOMINEE FOR THE OUTSTANDING CANADIAN AWARD IN 1975 AND 1976, AS WELL AS THEIR NOMINEE FOR THE OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD IN 1976.

PETER DALLA RIVA'S JERSEY #74 WAS RETIRED BY THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES ON OCTOBER 24, 1981.

INDUCTED 1993 - PLAYER

Class of 1993 Samuel Berger, Herm Harrison, Whit Tucker