18 Facts About Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and graduated from Victoria College at the University of Toronto.

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats's fortune was earned in the software industry and he is currently the owner and CEO of Lulu, a self-publishing website.

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Bob Young continues to serve as chairman and the largest shareholder while welcoming new investment from Hamilton Tiger-Cats-based steel company Stelco, club CEO Scott Mitchell, and Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson.

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tigers folded, largely because a number of players had gone into the armed services.

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In 1943, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Flying Wildcats, stocked with Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, won the 31st Grey Cup.

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Things returned to normal in 1945 when the IRFU and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tigers resumed play while the Wildcats continued on in the ORFU.

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In 1948 the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wildcats joined the IRFU to replace the Tigers who joined the Ontario Rugby Football Union.

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In 1950, the newly christened Hamilton Tiger-Cats began playing in Ivor Wynne Stadium, until 2012 after which it was demolished and replaced with a new stadium on the same site, Tim Hortons Field, in 2014.

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats have played home games at Tim Hortons Field since 2014.

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats logo for many decades was an exact reverse of the Princeton University Tigers athletic logo.

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The artwork for the original "leaping tiger" is claimed by Hamilton Tiger-Cats, having been designed by Jake Gaudaur, a former Tiger-Cat player, President, and CFL Commissioner.

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Corus Radio Hamilton was the official radio broadcast rights holder for the Tiger-Cats and had been the official voice for CFL football in the Greater Hamilton Area for over 40 years.

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In May 2015, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that, beginning this season, they would be leaving CHML for CKOC, where the team will operate a joint venture with TSN Radio.

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Select Hamilton Tiger-Cats games are simulcast on CKTB in St Catharines to extend the Hamilton Tiger-Cats radio network listenership towards the Niagara region.

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Bell Media announced it was dropping TSN Radio from CKOC on February 9,2021, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats responded that it was ending the partnership with Bell shortly thereafter and had begun working on alternate ways to distribute the broadcasts.

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17.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats have retired two jersey numbers in their franchise history, Bernie Faloney in 1999 and Angelo Mosca in 2015.

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18.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have employed an official hype man, named Pigskin Pete, since the 1920s.

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