Joe Pikula

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Joe Pikula
Date of birth (1944-05-05)May 5, 1944
Place of birth Brantford, Ontario
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Place of death Brantford, Ontario
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) Tackle
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career history
As player
19631964 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1963)

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]

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  1. http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=pikuljoe001
  2. http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2013/10/12/flashback-oct-12
  3. http://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=746&sport=MHOCK
  4. http://www.waynegretzkysportscentre.ca/AboutUs/SportsHallofRecognition/Inductees.aspx
  5. http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/04/29/obituary-joseph-adam-pikula-may-5-1944---april-26-2015