Tommy Grant

PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS      1956-1968
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS      1969

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN RUNNING BACK      1963
ALL-EASTERN AND ALL-CANADIAN FLANKER    1964
GRUEN AWARD (EASTERN CONFERENCE CANADIAN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR) 1956
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN AWARD   1964

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1957, 1958,1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1957, 1963,1965,1967


A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE, TOMMY GRANT STARRED IN BASKETBALL, TRACK BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. IN 1955 HE PLAYED IN THE CANADIAN JUNIOR FINAL WITH THE WINDSOR AKO.

GRANT HAD A CAREER TOTAL 54 TOUCHDOWNS FOR 324 POINTS.  HE RUSHED 559 YARDS ON 127 CARRIES FOR A 4.4 YARD AVERAGE, CAUGHT 329 PASSES FOR 6,542 YARDS, AND HAD A 19.9 YARD AVERAGE PER RECEPTION. HE RETURNED 215 PUNTS FOR 1,229 YARDS, HAD 80 KICKOFF RETURNS FOR 1,998 YARDS, AND INTERCEPTED 4 PASSES FOR 82 RETURN YARDS. HE WAS THE LEAGUE LEADER IN 1957 WITH A 29.4 YARD KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE AND WAS THE EASTERN CONFERENCE LEADER IN 1962 WITH A 30.8 YARD KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE. HE PLAYED IN NINE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS. TOMMY GRANT IS A MEMBER OF THE WINDSOR ESSEX COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME.


INDUCTED 1995 - PLAYER

Class of 1995 Dieter Brock, Greg Fulton