Rocky Dipietro

Rocky DiPietro

No. 23
Date of birth	(1956-01-30) January 30, 1956
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
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1997

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. 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. His cousin Paul DiPietro was a member of the 1993 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup championship team and is now an established star in Switzerland.

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Rocky DiPietro Field

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

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ray Elgaard	CFL Most Outstanding Canadian 1989	Succeeded by Ray Elgaard