Tommy Grant
Thomas Grant
Born: January 9, 1935
Windsor, ON
Deceased: October 18, 2011
Position: HB,FW/HB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200
College: Windsor AKO
High School: J.C. Patterson (Windsor, ON)
Career: 1956-1969
Tommy Grant played from 1956 to 1969 during his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Grant ran for 559 yards in his career on 127 attempts, scoring 2 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 329 passes for 6,542 yards and 51 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 37 | 133 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28 | 127 | 4.5 | 70 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31 | 139 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 127 | 559 | 4.4 | 70 | 2 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10 | 236 | 23.6 | 51 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 332 | 20.8 | 70 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30 | 756 | 25.2 | 72 | 7 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29 | 453 | 15.6 | 45 | 3 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 44 | 758 | 17.2 | 78 | 8 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 16 | 1 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28 | 292 | 10.4 | 42 | 2 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 40 | 834 | 20.8 | 57 | 7 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 44 | 1029 | 23.4 | 66 | 7 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23 | 558 | 24.3 | 91 | 5 |
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35 | 683 | 19.5 | 47 | 8 |
| 1967 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10 | 249 | 24.9 | 49 | 0 |
| 1968 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 50 | 1 |
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Totals | 329 | 6542 | 19.9 | 91 | 51 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27 | 179 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36 | 271 | 7.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31 | 139 | 4.5 | 23 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 37 | 183 | 4.9 | 83 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 40 | 225 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 |
| 1968 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35 | 187 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 |
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 212 | 1198 | 5.7 | 83 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17 | 333 | 19.6 | 60 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 206 | 29.4 | 66 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 20 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23 | 566 | 24.6 | 36 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20 | 615 | 30.8 | 105 | 1 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 209 | 26.1 | 63 | 0 |
| Totals | 80 | 1998 | 25.0 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 46 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1968 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 324 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1957 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | |
| 1958 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | |
| 1962 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1963 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1964 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1965 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1966 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1967 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1968 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1969 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 |
Awards
1964 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian
Honors
1963 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1964 - CFL CFL East All-Star
