PLAYING CAREER
B.C. LIONS                1958 - 1966

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE GUARD        1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE GUARD        1963
TED REEVE'S "ALL-CANADIAN TWELVE" TEAM    1959

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION            1963, 1964
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM            1964

W.T. (TOM) HINTON WAS AN EXCELLENT ALL-AROUND ATHLETE, ACHIEVING HONOURS IN TRACK AND FIELD AS WELL AS FOOTBALL AT LOUISIANA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

HINTON WAS A FAST, AGILE, AND AGGRESSIVE GUARD WHO MADE THE ALL-STAR TEAM IN HIS ROOKIE PRO SEASON. IN BOTH 1958 AND 1959 HE WAS B.C.'S NOMINEE FOR THE SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD, AND IN THE LATTER YEAR WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD. IN 1966, HINTON WAS THE FANS' CHOICE FOR "MOST POPULAR PLAYER".

W.T. (TOM) HINTON WAS INDUCTED TO THE B.C. LIONS' WALL OF FAME AND IS A MEMBER OF THE B.C. SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN THE TEAM CATEGORY (1964 GREY CUP WINNING TEAM).

INDUCTED 1991 - PLAYER

Class of 1991 Brian Kelly, Norm Kimball, Jim Young