Rocky Dipietro
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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
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