HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will add Canadian Football Hall of Famers Mike Walker and Bernie Custis to the team's Wall of Honour this season. The two will be honoured Oct.
HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will add Canadian Football Hall of Famers Mike Walker and Bernie Custis to the team's Wall of Honour this season.
The two will be honoured Oct. 4 at halftime of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats home game versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Walker appeared in 108 games over eight seasons with Hamilton , helping the franchise win the 1986 Grey Cup. He posted the third-most sacks in franchise history and 11th all-time. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
Custis was a pro football pioneer, becoming the first Black quarterback in the sport's modern era with Hamilton in 1951. He appeared in 50 games over four seasons with the Ticats , earning all-star nods at quarterback and running back , helping pave the way for the likes of Warren Moon and Chuck Ealey to play quarterback in Canada.But Custis did more than play football in Hamilton, serving as a teacher and elementary school principal in the Hamilton Board of Education.
Custis was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder in 1998. He died in 2017 at the age of 88.
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