
PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGERS, PLAYER/COACH 1934-1935
MONTREAL INDIANS, PLAYER/COACH 1936-1937
MONTREAL NATIONALS 1938-1939
AWARDS AND HONOURS
CANADIAN PRESS ALL-STAR TEAM 1937
IMPERIAL OIL TROPHY 1938
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1935
JOHN FERRARO WAS A TERRIFIC ALL-AROUND ATHLETE WHEN HAMILTON SECURED HIM AFTER HIS CORNELL UNIVERSITY DAYS. IN FOOTBALL, HE EXCELLED AS A PUNTER, PLACE KICKER, QUARTERBACK, AND FULLBACK.
FERRARO WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM EVERY YEAR HE PLAYED, AND WAS PRESENTED WITH THE IMPERIAL OIL TROPHY AS THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN THE ORFU. LEW HAYMAN INCLUDED FERRARO ON HIS ALL-CANADIAN TEAM OF THE PAST TEN YEARS IN 1942.
FERRARO WAS AN INSPIRATIONAL COACH WHO BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL PLAY.
INDUCTED 1966 - PLAYER
Class of 1966 G. Sydney Halter, Q.C, Greg Kabat, Dave McCann, S.P. Quilty, Hugh Stirling