Geno DeNobile | |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Guard |
Number: | 55, 62 |
Amateur Team: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats Junior B's |
Birth Date: | March 6, 1933 |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lbs: | 225 |
Playing Years1: | 1956–64 |
Honors: | Grey Cup Champion - 1957 & 63 |
Geno DeNobile (March 6, 1933 – May 5, 1995) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian football player, playing from 1956 to 1964 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[1]
Born in Hamilton, he came up through the ranks with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Junior B team.[2] [3] He was an unsung hero of the great Tiger-Cat teams. Though he was never an all-star during his 9-year career, he played in seven Grey Cup games, winning two of them in 1957 and 1963.
He died on May 5, 1995.