Tommy Grant

PLAYING CAREER

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1956 - 1968
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1969

AWARDS AND HONOURS

GRUEN AWARD FOR BEING THE EASTERN DIVISION CANADIAN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1956
ALL-EASTERN RUNNING BACK 1963
ALL-EASTER FLANKER 1964
ALL-CANADIAN FLANKER 1964
SCHENLEY AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN 1964
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1957 - 1959, 1961 - 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, Grant played in the Canadian Junior final with the Windsor AKO Fratmen.

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. Grant returned 215 punts for 1,229 yards, had 80 kickoff returns for 1,998 yards, and intercepted 4 passes for 82 return yards. 

Grant 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. 

Grant 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