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Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Image:CFL Tigercats.gif Image:HAMILTON TIGER-CATS.jpg
Division	Image:East.gif East Division
Founded	1950
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Based in	Hamilton, Ontario
Colours	Black and Yellow
League	Canadian Football League
Head coach	Greg Marshall
General manager	Rob Katz (Interim GM)

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario.

1 Team facts
2 Franchise history
3 Players of note
- 3.1 Canadian Football Hall of Famers
- 3.2 Current stars
4 See also
5 External links

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Team facts

Founded: 1950, a merger of the Hamilton Tigers (merged with the Hamilton Alerts) and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats.

Formerly known as: The Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Flying Wildcats.

Helmet design: Black background with a leaping tiger

Uniform colours: Black, Gold and White.

Home stadium: Ivor Wynne Stadium

Current Owner: Bob Young

Eastern regular season championships: 18 -- 1950, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1998

Grey Cup final appearances:: 18 -- 1953 (won), 1957 (won), 1958 (lost), 1959 (lost), 1961 (lost), 1962 (lost), 1963 (won), 1964 (lost), 1965 (won), 1967 (won), 1972 (won), 1980 (lost), 1984 (lost), 1985 (lost), 1986 (won), 1989 (lost), 1998 (lost), 1999 (won)

2006 Regular Season Record: 0 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties (See 2006 CFL season).

Note: There is some contention regarding the number of times that this franchise has won the Grey Cup. Many people include all the teams that merged to form the team: Hamilton Tigers (5 championships), Hamilton Flying Wildcats (1 championship) and the Hamilton Alerts (1 championship) in addition to the 8 as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. While others do not agree about this history and limit the wins to those of the merged team.

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Franchise history

On Wednesday, November 3, 1869, in a room above George Lee's Fruit Store, the Hamilton Football Club was formed. In 1908, the Tigers won the dominion championship, a year before the Grey Cup was presented.

Prior to World War II, Hamilton's football team was known as the Tigers. The colours of yellow and black were well represented and the present philosophy of tough football was established in those early days. The only time that Hamilton football was interrupted as a spectator sport was during World War I and World War II.

After World War II the Tiger Football Team started competition again. At the same time, a new group in the city was formed and they became known as the Hamilton Wildcats. As it can well be imagined, competition was high on and off the field. The Hamilton Tigers were able to induce players like Frank Filchuk and Merle Hapes in the late 1940s to come up and play for no more than athletic awards.

The competition for fan participation was so great that both teams were unable to operate on a sound financial basis. Under the guidance of Mr. Ralph W. Cooper, Mr. F.M. Gibson and many other prominent Hamilton citizens, including the late Mr. C.C. Lawson and the late Mr. Sam Manson, it was decided that the two clubs should amalgamate and form one representative team for Hamilton.

The present name, Tiger-Cats, and what is known as the modern era of football started in 1950. In order that the two groups could work favourably together they selected Mr. Cooper as president to bring these two factions to work under one roof.

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