Tony Gabriel

PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS    1971-1974
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS    1975-1981

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN TIGHT END    1972,1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
ALL-CANADIAN TIGHT END    1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN AWARD 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD  1978
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY   1978
LEW HAYMAN TROPHY    1976, 1977, 1978, 1981

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION    1972, 1976, 1981
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS    1972, 1976

TONY GABRIEL PLAYED WITH THE BURLINGTON BRAVES BEFORE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF SYRACUSE, WHERE HE BROKE MOST OF THE SCHOOL'S PASS RECEIVING RECORDS.

GABRIEL WAS THE LEADING RECEIVER IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE OF THE CFL FIVE TIMES, AND HAD MORE THAN 1,000 YARDS IN RECEPTIONS IN 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 AND 1981. HIS THREE LAST-MINUTE CATCHES HELPED THE TIGER-CATS WIN THE 1972 GREY CUP AND HE CAUGHT THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN THE 1976 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS. TONY GABRIEL WAS NAMED THE CANADIAN PLAYER OF THE 1976 GREY CUP GAME.

INDUCTED 1985 - PLAYER

Class of 1985 Frank Rigney, Frank Tindall, Bill Zock