TIGETIGE talestalesRRSept 2013OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

Hello Everyone! It’s Fall and football

is in the air. Hopefully many of you

have had the opportunity to see the

Ti Cats play at the University of Guelph

this season.

The new stadium holds a lot of

promise for alumni in terms of a place

to gather and enjoy the future in a state

of the art facility. We are very fortunate

to have a relationship with the Tiger Cats

in which they provide a 2 for 1 season

ticket opportunity for all Alumni.

Since the season ticket drive is in full

swing, the Ti Cats continually ask us for

Tigertales is the official newsletter of the Hamilton Tiger-Cat Alumni Association. It is published 3 times per year in May, September & December. If you have a story or something else you would like to contribute to Tigertales, please let us know. This is your newsletter. Visit your website at www.htcaa.ca or email us at admin@htcaa.ca.

HAMILTON TIGER-CAT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

updated alumni lists. You must be on

that list NOW in order to take advantage

of the 2 for 1 offer. Your membership

fees MUST be up to date. Please contact

Bob Krouse or Ed Valtenbergs immedi-

ately if you are unsure of your status.

Our website www.htcaa.ca is an

amazing source of nostalgia and valuable

information. Please visit it often to

see what has been done and what is

on the horizon. It has contributed to

an increase in our membership and we

now sit at 166 paid members. If you can

think of any alumni who would benefit

from joining our brotherhood, please

give them a boost and direct them to

the site.

Alumni had a great time at our June

Golf Tourney at Sundrin Golf Club! We

again raised significant funds for our

many partnerships while enjoying the

camaraderie of fellow alumni and friends.

Thanks once again to all of our sponsors

for their continued support.

Please respond to our promotional

piece in this newsletter regarding our

Wall of Honor Dinner and plan to attend!

This year the theme is Celebrating

the Hall of Fames’ 50th Anniversary in

Hamilton. The Wall of Honor Committee

is inviting members of Alumni that are

in the hall to attend this special

celebration.

In closing I would like to shout out

to members of the ‘86 Grey Cup, my

teammates, I have DVD copies of the

Eastern Final played in Toronto, perhaps

the greatest game ever played! All you

have to do is contact me and I will send

you a copy.

Terry Lehne, President

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE

PRESIDENT

SEAL of the PRESIDENT OF

THE HT

CAA

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NEWS

This is the second issue of your new Tigertales. For the first time though, members with email will receive their issues electronically. We will only be mailing hard copy issue to those that do not have email or to those that specially request us to mail them an issue. This will significantly reduce our printing and mailing costs.

You can contribute to Tigertales by completing your personal profile in the members section of our website and your responses may be featured in a future issue. We are also looking for some very funny or interesting stories from your playing days. If you have a story that may be of interest, please submit it to admin@htcaa.ca

Out next issue is scheduled for December, 2013.

SEASON TICKETS & NEW ALUMNI LOUNGE

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have gra-ciously agreed to continue the special Alumni 2 for the price of 1 ticket offer to a maximum of 4 total tickets. Note that this offer is only available to members whose membership dues are current.

You will be required to have paid your 2013 dues to reserve your 2014 season tickets. In addition, your 2014 membership dues will need to be paid in full by the AGM next May to receive your season tickets.

Through discussions with the Club, indications are that we will have room to designate as our Alumni Lounge on the

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The New TigerTaleswest side of the stadium. When reserving your season tickets, please keep this in mind should you wish to sit on the same side as the lounge.

We are now fund raising for our new Alumni Lounge for the 2014 season. We are committed to making it the best Alumni Lounge in the CFL. Funds raised will go towards furnishing and decorating the lounge. You can make your donation online from our website or contact Terry Lehne at (905) 892-7584.

MEMBERSHIPOur membership base now stands

at 166 members. Our goal is to reach over 200 members by the start of the 2014 season. Please help us recruit by contacting your old team mates. We are definitely looking to increase our representation of Alumni from the past 20 years, so a special call goes out to all of you to make an effort to recruit.

There are a few of you that we have not renewed your memberships for 2013. We hope you still see value in continuing to be a member.

You can now register or renew your membership online with Pay Pal. You can pay via credit card or through your bank account. You do not need a PayPal membership or account to use that service. You can also mail your cheques to:

HTCAA, 57 Sunning Hill Ave. Hamilton, ON L8T 1B6

MISSING IN ACTIONThere are a few members that we have

lost contact with, either their mail, email or both has been returned to us. We are looking for Alphie Crooker, Tone Marrone and Ollie Segatore.

If you have contact information for any of these members please email admin@htcaa.ca of call Bob Krouse at 905-643-1772.

MemorabiliaThe Tiger-Cat Alumni are on a quest to collect “Team Memorabilia”. We would like to display it on the web-site.

We are also looking to collect items that you may want to lend or donate to the Alumni Association to put on display in the “Alumni Room” inside the new stadium.

If you have anything you feel may be of interest, please contact us at admin@htcaa.ca.

WHAT DO I GET FOR My MEMBERSHIP FEE?• 2 for 1 Tiger-Cat Season Tickets o (Limit 4 tickets in total - 2 full

price, 2 free)• 2 for 1 Wall of Honour Dinner Tickets• 50% Discount at the Tigertown Store• Discount Walk of Fame Tickets• Alumni Lounge during games• Access to Pigskin Pete’s Platinum

Party during games• Alumni social at AGM – Annual

General Meeting• Alumni Newsletter - TigerTales• Participate in Alumni community and

special events• Free web listing on our Alumni

business network• Automatic membership to CFLAA• Access to members area on website

and Alumni contact info

Membership: $25 / 1 year $65 / 3 years $100 / 5 years

Seniors (65+): $20 / 1 year $50 / 3 years $100 / 6 years

ALUMNI WATCHESWe have a

limited number of Alumni watches still available for purchase. Watches are $40 and are available on our website.

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WALL OF HONOURThis year’s Wall of Honour dinner will

be held on Thursday, October 24th @ 6 PM at Carmen’s Banquet Centre.

This year we are partnering with the Canadian Football Hall of Fame to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. We will be honouring all of our Hall of Fame members, many of whom will be in attendance.

Tickets are 2 for the price of 1 ($100) for paid up Alumni members. Tickets are available at United Trophy, 100 Cannon St. E. or by calling Bob Krouse at 905-643-1772

CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION WEEKEND

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame & Museum will hold its’ annual induction ceremonies in Edmonton the weekend of October 3rd–5th.

This year’s inductees include former Tiger-Cat All-Stars WR/KR Earl Winfield and OL Miles Gorrell.

For more information and tickets, visit the CFHOF website (www.cfhof.ca).

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COMMEMORATIvE PAINTINGAs many of you may have read on

page 3 of our newsletter, the Alumni have partnered with a sports artist to recognize 75 of the greatest CFL players to have worn a Hamilton uniform. The painting consists of players who have been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame; the Wall of Honour; the Walk of Fame and the recently elected All-Time team.

There will be a special print signing ceremony held at 4:30 pm at Carmen’s Banquet Centre prior to the Wall of Honour dinner for all Alumni depicted in the painting. Each Alumni member volunteering to sign the limited edition print set will receive their very own free print to take home.

There will be 145 limited edition prints which will be sold and of which a commission will be earned by the Alumni Association. There will be approximately another 40 players only prints as gifts for their participation in the signing.

Please contact Bob Krouse at 905-643-1772 to confirm your participation and attendance at the Wall of Honour dinner.

Artist Gary McLaughlin

HAMILTON PLAyERS DEPICTED ON COMMEMORATIvE PAINTING

Damon Allen 92

John Barrow 57-70

Paul Bennett 84-87

Willie Bethea 63-70

John Bonk 72-73

Dieter Brock 83-84

Less Browne 84-88

Tom Casey 49

Tony Champion 85-92

Tom Clements 79, 81-83

Tommy Joe Coffey 67-72

Carl Coulter 98-01,03/04

Grover Covington 81-91

Ernest Cox 21-31

Ross Craig 09-15, 19-20

Rufus Crawford 79-85

Bernie Custis 51-54

Bill Danychuk 64-75

Troy Davis 01--05

Rocky DiPietro 78-91

Matt Dunigan 96

Terry Evenshan 74-77

Bernie Faloney 57-64

Alfred Fear 28-32

Johnny Ferraro 34-35

Darren Flutie 98-02

Cam Fraser 51, 61-69

Tony Gabriel 71-74

Jake Gauder 48-51, 53

Ed George 78-80

Miles Gorrell 85-91, 96

Tommy Grant 56-68

Andrew Grigg 95-02

Dave Hack 96-05

Marwan Hage 04--13

Garney Henley 60-75

Rob Hitchcock 95-06

Bob Isbister Sr. 03-15, 19

Zeno Karcz 57-66

Jerry Keeling 75

Ellison Kelly 60-70

Lee Knight 87-97

Markeith Knowlton 08-13

Joe Krol 42-44

Bob Krouse 63-75

Frank Leadlay 19-20, 26-30

Tip Logan 51-54

Vince Mazza 50-54

Danny McManus 98-05

Joe Montford 96-04

Angelo Mosca 58-59, 62-72

Ray Nettles 78

Pete Neumann 51-64

Paul Osbaldiston 86-03

Hal Patterson 61-67

Jason Riley 84-93

Bernie Ruoff 80-87

Dale Sanderson 85-97

Dave Sauve 82-88

Ralph Sazio 50-53

Vince Scott 50-62

Jimmy Simpson 28-38, 43-44

Ben Simpson 04--10

Dave Spargue 30-32

Don Sutherin 58-66

Brian Timmis 24-38

Terry Vaughn 06

Henry Waszcuk 75-84

Huck Welsh 28-29, 35-37

Seymour Wilson 30-37

Earl Winfield 87-97

Scotty Wright 35-47

Ben Zambiasi 78-87

Wally Zatylny 88-92,94

Joe Zuger 62-71

PLAyERS yEARS PLAyERS yEARS PLAyERS yEARS PLAyERS yEARS

Great Grey Cup WeekendREGISTER NOWhttp://tinyurl.com/alum-recognition-register-now

MORE INFOhttp://tinyurl.com/alum-recognition-more-info

This letter is being sent on behalf of Grey Cup Festival Alumni Recognition Committee Co-Chairs - Linda Sinclair and Heather Tatham. Dear CFL Alumni,

It is with great excitement that Saskatchewan is gearing up to host the 101st Grey Cup Festival and look forward to recognizing CFL Alumni as we celebrate the ultimate party on the prairies!

This year, we will aim to heighten the profile of all CFL Alumni through Alumni participa-tion in a couple of key areas within our Festival. In addition to a variety of other special opportunities, the 101st Grey Cup Festival Alumni Recognition Committee is pleased to present participating Alumni members with an official sideline jacket by Reebok, featuring CFL ALUMNI identification!

Here are a few of the Festival opportunities for Alumni participation:

1. Opening Ceremonies - 12pm on Wednesday, Nov. 20th. We will officially welcome any Alumni who have arrived in Regina during the Ceremony.

2. Autograph Signing Sessions - from 2pm-5pm on Thursday, Nov. 21st, Friday Nov. 22nd & Saturday Nov. 23rd. A schedule will be sent, once confirmed.

3. Safeway Grey Cup Parade - 9:30am on Saturday, Nov. 23rd. We welcome you to be seated on the CFLAA’s Float in this spirited spectacle of football & fun. A CFL Alumni Reception to honor you and your spouse will follow.

As part of the CFL Alumni experience in Saskatchewan, there are other fun activities for you to enjoy. All former CFL Players who are registered will receive two (2) complimentary team party passes with access to the Legend’s Lounge. In addition, players will receive free admission to the CFL Alumni Legends Luncheon on Friday, November 22nd. One additional ticket for your spouse/partner is available at the discounted cost of $94 (full price $150).

We look forward to working with you to ensure a very memorable Alumni experience. Once we know you plan to attend, we will be in touch to help coordinate all of the important details...recognition, ticketing, transportation, featured participation and more!

Please confirm your participation in the 101st Grey Cup Festival by clicking on the “Register” button below. Once registered, additional information & updates from the 101st Grey Cup Festival will follow as our planning proceeds!

Sincerely,

Alumni Recognition Committee101st Grey Cup Festival