Rocky Dipietro
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Born: | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada | January 30, 1956
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Career information | |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | SB |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
University | Ottawa |
Career history | |
As player | |
1978–1991 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 1986, 1989 |
CFL East All-Star | 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989 |
Rocky DiPietro (born January 30, 1956) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. During his 14-year career as a slotback and wide receiver, DiPietro became the CFL's all-time pass reception leader in 1989 and had a career total of 706 receptions for 9,762 yards and 45 touchdowns.[1] DiPietro retired in 1991 after starring in four Grey Cup games, winning it in 1986. He was named to the Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour in 1994, and inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.[2] His cousin Paul DiPietro was a member of the 1993 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup championship team and became an established star in Switzerland. Dipietro's nephew-in-law, Riley Sheahan, became an NHL player for several teams.
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After a junior and senior football career in Sault Ste. Marie, DiPietro went on to an all-star CFL career. He was inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997 after playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He retired after the 1991 season with numerous awards and honours, which include: All-Eastern All-Star, All-Canadian All-Star, Most Outstanding Canadian Player Award, Lew Hayman Trophy — Most Outstanding Canadian Player Eastern Division, Grey Cup Participation, Grey Cup Championship Team and the Tiger-cats Walk of Fame.
He later became a high school Learning Strategies/Special Education teacher and coach of the multiple championship winning football team at Lakeshore Catholic High School in Port Colborne, Ontario.
Awards and honors
[edit]- Schenley Most Outstanding Canadian: 1982, 1989
- All-Canadian Slotback: 1986, 1989
- All-Eastern Slotback: 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989
- Lew Hayman Trophy: 1982, 1986, 1989
References
[edit]- ^ "Hamilton Tiger-Cats". www.ticats.ca. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012.
- ^ Rocky Dipietro at the Canadian Football Hall of Fame