Geno DeNobile (March 6, 1933 – May 5, 1995) was a
Grey Cup
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champion Canadian football player, playing from 1956 to 1964 with the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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.
Born in Hamilton, he came up through the ranks with the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...
Junior B team.
[Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2012 Media Guide and Record Book] He was an unsung hero of the great Tiger-Cat teams. Though he was never an all-star during his 9-year career, he played in seven
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...
games, winning two of them in 1957 and 1963.
He died on May 5, 1995.
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1933 births
1995 deaths
Canadian football guards
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Canadian football people from Hamilton, Ontario
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