Rocky Dipietro
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| Date of birth | January 30, 1956 |
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| Place of birth | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| 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 | |
| CFL All-Star | 1986, 1989 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989 |
| Awards |
1982 - CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award 1989 - CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award |
| Career stats | |
Rocky DiPietro (born January 30, 1956) is a former Canadian Football League 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] Rocky 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 is now an established star in Switzerland.
After a junior and senior football career in Sault Ste. Marie, Rocky DiPietro went on to a brilliant 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 is now 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
- SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN: 1982, 1989
- ALL-CANADIAN SLOTBACK: 1986, 1989
- ALL-EASTERN SLOTBACK: 1981-1982, 1986, 1989
- LEW HAYMAN TROPHY: 1982, 1986, 1989