Tom Pate Memorial Award , selected annually by the Canadian Football League Players' Association , is awarded to a player with outstanding sportsmanship and someone who has made a significant contribution to his team, his community and Association. The award winner must display these qualities such that it distinguishes him from his peers.[1]
The award is named in the memory of deceased CFL player Tom Pate . A 23-year-old rookie with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats , on October 11, 1975, he was critically injured in a game against the Calgary Stampeders . He never regained consciousness and died three days later.
The award is also known as the CFLPA's Tom Pate Outstanding Community Service Award.
Tom Pate Memorial Award winners [ ]
2021 - Mike Daly (DB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2020 – season cancelled - covid 19
2019 - Rob Maver (P), Calgary Stampeders
2018 - Ryan King (LS), Edmonton Eskimos [2]
2017 - Adarius Bowman (WR), Edmonton Eskimos [3]
2016 - Marco Iannuzzi (WR), BC Lions [4]
2015 - Henry Burris (QB), Ottawa RedBlacks
2014 - Randy Chevrier (DT), Calgary Stampeders
2013 - Kyries Hebert (LB), Montreal Alouettes
2012 - Brian Bratton (WR), Montreal Alouettes
2011 - Kevin Glenn (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2010 - Wes Lysack (DB), Calgary Stampeders
2009 - Marwan Hage (C), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2008 - Jeremy O'Day (C), Saskatchewan Roughriders
2007 - Milt Stegall (SB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2006 - Mark Washington (DB), BC Lions
2005 - Danny McManus (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2004 - Barron Miles (DB), Montreal Alouettes
2003 - Steve Hardin (OT), BC Lions
2002 - Greg Frers (DS), Calgary Stampeders
2001 - Rick Walters (SB), Edmonton Eskimos
2000 - Mike Morreale (WR), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1999 - Jamie Taras (C), BC Lions
1998 - Glen Scrivener (DT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1997 - Mark McLoughlin (K), Calgary Stampeders
1996 - Mike "Pinball" Clemons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
1995 - Mark McLoughlin (K), Calgary Stampeders
1994 - O. J. Brigance (LB), Baltimore CFLers
1993 - Mike "Pinball" Clemons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
1992 - Danny Barrett (QB), BC Lions
1991 - Stu Laird (LB), Calgary Stampeders
1990 - Richie Hall (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
1989 - Matt Dunigan (QB), BC Lions
1988 - Hector Pothier (OT), Edmonton Eskimos
1987 - Nick Arakgi (DE), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1986 - Tyrone Crews (LB), BC Lions
1985 - Jerry Friesen (LB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
1984 - Bruce Walker (WR), Ottawa Rough Riders
1983 - Henry Waszczuk (C), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1982 - David Boone (DE), Edmonton Eskimos
1981 - Ken McEachern (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
1980 - Jim Coode (OT), Ottawa Rough Riders
1979 - John Helton (DT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1978 - Pete Mueller (TE), Toronto Argonauts
1977 - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
1976 - George Reed (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
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