Joe Montford was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
13 Facts About Joe Montford
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From 1989 to 1993, Joe Montford attended South Carolina State University, leading the school in tackles in 1993.
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In November, 2006, Joe Montford was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
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Joe Montford enjoyed his best seasons as a Hamilton Tiger-Cats as the key player in the team's defensive front seven.
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Joe Montford was the Tiger-Cats' all-time leader in tackles until former teammate and linebacker Rob Hitchcock broke the record while Joe Montford was with the Eskimos.
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Joe Montford played 2003 and 2004 back with Hamilton, as the team slid down the East Division standings.
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Joe Montford played the 2005 season with Edmonton, and helped the team take the 93rd Grey Cup.
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On Wednesday, April 27,2006, Joe Montford was released from the Eskimos.
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On Monday, July 3,2006, Joe Montford was re-signed by the Eskimos.
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Joe Montford left this job after the parent company of the group home which owned similar facilities throughout the United States filed for bankruptcy and the decision was made to close the facility.
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Joe Montford was known there for teaching the kids many of whom had little or no parental involvement growing up how to play football and other sports.
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Joe Montford served as one of the few positive male role models many of the teenage boys there he worked with ever had.
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Joe Montford was inducted onto the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wall Of Honour on August 23,2018.