Tom Wilkinson

PLAYING CAREER
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1967-1970
B.C. LIONS  1971
EDMONTON ESKIMOS 1972-1981

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN QUARTERBACK   1974, 1978, 1979
ALL-CANADIAN QUARTERBACK  1974, 1978, 1979
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD 1974
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY  1974, 1978

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS   1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981


DURING 15 SEASONS IN THE CFL, TOM WILKINSON COMPLETED 1,613 PASSES FOR 22,579 YARDS, 154 TOUCHDOWNS, AND A COMPLETION PERCENTAGE OF 60.6%. HE LED THE ESKIMOS TO EIGHT GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, FIVE OF THEM EDMONTON VICTORIES. TWICE HE WAS SELECTED THE WESTERN MVP, AND IN 1974 RECEIVED NATIONAL HONOURS.

WHILE TOM WILKINSON DID NOT PARTICULARLY LOOK LIKE A QUARTERBACK, HE POSSESSED THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND TOTAL TEAM COMMITMENT THAT MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PIVOTS IN CFL HISTORY.

INDUCTED 1987 - PLAYER

Class of 1987 Harold Ballard, Dick Huffman, R.A. (Bob) Kramer, Angelo Mosca