PLAYING CAREER
MONTREAL ALOUETTES  1961, 1970-1976
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS  1962-1969

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN LINEBACKER  1963
ALL-EASTERN DEFENSIVE BACK  1965, 1966, 1967, 1971
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE BACK 1965, 1966, 1967
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY 1966

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS  1968, 1969, 1970, 1974

AFTER A STELLAR CAREER AT UCLA, GENE GAINES WAS DRAFTED BY BOTH PITTSBURGH AND SAN DIEGO, BUT DECIDED TO PLAY PRO FOOTBALL IN CANADA.

GAINES WAS AN OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE HALFBACK, AND IN OTTAWA WAS CONSIDERED THE "QUARTERBACK" ON THE DEFENSIVE SQUAD. HE RETURNED TO MONTREAL IN THE DUAL ROLE OF PLAYER AND DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD COACH. MANY CREDIT GAINES' HARD WORK ON AND OFF THE FIELD FOR THE ALOUETTES' 1970 GREY CUP VICTORY.

DURING 16 YEARS GAINES PLAYED 217 GAMES, 161 OF THEM CONSECUTIVE. HE INTERCEPTED 42 PASSES FOR 679 YARDS AND RETURNED 60 PUNTS FOR 306 YARDS. HE HAD 56 KICKOFF RETURNS FOR 1,112 YARDS, ONE A 128-YARD RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN THE NOVEMBER 14, 1964 FINAL.

INDUCTED 1994 - PLAYER

Class of 1994 Bill Baker, Tom Clements, Don McNaughton