Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding American college football player at the University of Maryland.
12 Facts About Bernie Faloney
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In 2005, Bernie Faloney was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
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In 2006, Bernie Faloney was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's Top 50 Players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
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At season's end, Bernie Faloney finished fourth in the balloting for the 1953 Heisman Trophy.
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Bernie Faloney was drafted in the first round of the 1954 National Football League draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
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Bernie Faloney was the Eastern Conference's All-Star quarterback on five occasions, 1958,1959,1961,1964 and 1965.
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Bernie Faloney is the first CFL quarterback to win a Grey Cup championship with both Eastern and Western Conference teams.
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Bernie Faloney was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1974, the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 1983, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1985, the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
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In November 2006, Bernie Faloney was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
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In retirement, Bernie Faloney made his home in Hamilton, Ontario where he became a part owner of a construction company.
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Bernie Faloney was the first Tiger-Cat player to have his number retired by the club when the team announced his number retirement on June 8,1999.
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Bernie Faloney died six days later on June 14,1999, in Hamilton, Ontario.