Dan Yochum

PLAYING CAREER
MONTREAL ALOUETTES  1972-1980
EDMONTON ESKIMOS 1980

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
ALL-EASTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
SCHENLEY AWARDMOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 1976

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1974, 1977

DAN YOCHUM BEGAN HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER AS AN AMATEUR FOOTBALL PLAYER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYRACUSE, WHERE HE RECEIVED AN HONOURABLE MENTION ON THE UPI AND AP ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS IN 1972. YOCHUM WAS A SECOND ROUND DRAFT PICK OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES IN 1971, BUT INSTEAD OPTED TO PLAY WITH THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES.

YOCHUM JOINED THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES IN 1972 AS AN OFFENSIVE TACKLE AND PLAYED NINE SEASONS WITH THE TEAM.  HE WON MANY AWARDS AND HONOURS THROUGHOUT HIS PLAYING CAREER. HE WAS ALL-EASTERN SEVEN TIMES AND A FOUR-TIME ALL-CANADIAN.  YOCHUM WAS THE WINNER OF THE SCHENLEY AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN 1976.

YOCHUM FINISHED HIS CFL CAREER AS A MEMBER OF THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS BUT, UNFORTUNATELY AN INJURY KEPT HIM FROM PARTCIPATING IN THE 1980 GREY CUP GAME.  IN 2000, YOCHUM WAS NAMED TO THE PA NEW JERSEY ALL MILLENNIUM TOP 100, AS WELL AS BEING NAMED A PENNSYLVANIA SPORTS LEGEND. 

INDUCTED 2004 - PLAYER

Class of 2004 Larry Highbaugh, Cal Murphy, Lui Passaglia, Ben Zambiasi