Joe Pikula Explained

Joe Pikula
Birth Date:	5 May 1944
Birth Place:	Brantford, Ontario
Death Place:	Brantford, Ontario
Import:	no
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	3
Weight Lbs:	235
Position1:	Tackle
Career Highlights:	Grey Cup champion
Playing Years1:	-
Playing Team1:	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Joseph Adam Pikula, Sr. (May 5, 1944 – April 29, 2015) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1963.^[1] He played high school football at the St. John's College in Brantford, Ontario and was the third player to go from playing high school football directly to the CFL.^[2] A back injury forced his retirement from football in 1964.^[3] He is a member of the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre Hall of Recognition (1984).^[4]

Pikula died on April 29, 2015, in Brantford, Ontario, from cancer.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joe Pikula Statistics on JustSportsStats.com. justsportsstats.com. 11 July 2016.
2. Web site: Flashback Oct. 12. Heather Ibbotson. Brantford Expositor. 12 October 2013. 11 July 2016.
3. Web site: Golden Hawk Athletics & Recreation - Pikula leads Hawks to tourney win. laurierathletics.com. 11 July 2016.
4. Web site: Inductees. waynegretzkysportscentre.ca. 11 July 2016.
5. Web site: Champ on and off field. Brian Smiley. Brantford Expositor. 29 April 2015. 11 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150716002145/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/04/29/obituary-joseph-adam-pikula-may-5-1944---april-26-2015. 16 July 2015. dead.