EXECUTIVE CAREER
HEAD COACH, HAMILTON TIGER-CATS     1963-1967
GENERAL MANAGER, HAMILTON TIGER-CATS    1968-1975, 1980
PRESIDENT, HAMILTON TIGER-CATS     1973-1977
VICE-PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS,HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1978-1980
PRESIDENT, TORONTO ARGONAUTS     1981-1990

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ANNIS STUKUS TROPHY (COACH OF THE YEAR)    1964

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (COACH)     1963, 1964, 1967
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM (COACH)     1963, 1967

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (EXECUTIVE)    1972, 1980, 1982, 1987,  1983
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM (EXECUTIVE)    1972, 1983

RALPH SAZIO PLAYED FOR THE HAMILTON TIGER-CATS FROM 1950 TO 1953.  IN 1950 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE EASTERN ALL-STAR TEAM AS A TACKLE.  IN 1963 HE BECAME HEAD COACH FOR THE TEAM.  SAZIO LED THE TIGER-CATS TO 49 WINS, 20 LOSSES AND 1 TIE, FOR A 70.7 WINNING PERCENTAGE.

SAZIO BECAME THE TEAM'S GENERAL MANAGER IN 1968, AND IN 1970 WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE OF THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE. IN 1973 HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE TIGER-CATS, AND REMAINED WITH THE CLUB UNTIL 1981 WHEN HE LEFT TO JOIN THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS' ORGANIZATION. BY 1983, THE PREVIOUSLY STRUGGLING ARGONAUTS HAD WON THEIR FIRST GREY CUP SINCE 1952.

INDUCTED 1988 – BUILDER

Class of 1988 Royal Copeland, Ed McQuarters, Tony "Paj" Pajaczkowski