Jake Gaudaur

For the former world champion sculler see Jake Gaudaur Snr.

Jake Gaudaur
Date of birth (1920-10-05)October 5, 1920
Place of birth Orillia, Ontario
Date of death December 4, 2007(2007-12-04) (aged 87)
Place of death Burlington, Ontario
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) C/LB
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 240 lb (110 kg)
Career history
As administrator
1954–1955 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (President)
1956–1967 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Pres. & GM)
19681984 CFL Commissioner
As player
1940 Hamilton Tigers
1941 Toronto Argonauts
1942 Toronto RCAF Hurricanes
1943 Ottawa Combines
1944 Camp Borden RCAF Hurricanes
1945–1946 Toronto Indians
1947 Montreal Alouettes
1948–1949 Hamilton Tigers
1950–1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
Honors Grey Cup champion - 1942 & 1953
Career stats

Jacob Gill "Jake" Gaudaur, Jr., OC (October 5, 1920 – December 4, 2007) was a Canadian Football League (CFL) player, executive, and commissioner. His 45-year career in Canadian football, including 16 years as the league's fourth commissioner (and its longest-serving commissioner), oversaw the start of the modern era of professional Canadian football.[1]

Early life

Jake Gaudaur, Jr., born in Orillia, Ontario October 5, 1920, was an all-around athlete at Orillia Collegiate Institute. Like his father, Jake Gaudaur Snr., he was a national rowing champion as well as an excellent lacrosse player.[2][3][4]

Football career

In 1940, aged 19, he began playing football and joined the Hamilton Tigers.[5] The following year he played for the Toronto Argonauts. Gaudaur served as a pilot in the Second World War[6] and won the 30th Grey Cup with the Toronto RCAF Hurricanes in the 1942 season.

Following the war, Gaudaur played for, and was part owner of, the Toronto Indians of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (19451946) and then played for the Montreal Alouettes during the 1947 season.[5]

Gaudaur returned to Hamilton to stay in 1948. When the Tigers merged with the Hamilton Flying Wildcats in 1950, Gaudaur became team captain of the resulting Hamilton Tiger-Cats and played through the 1951 season. In 1952, he left the playing field to become director of the team but returned to play a final year in the 1953 season winning the Tiger-Cats first Grey Cup playing centre.[4][5]

From 1954, Gaudaur was President of the Tiger-Cats and was President & General Manager from the 1956 season to 1967.[5] The Ti-Cats appeared in 9 Grey Cups over his term as general manager and won in 1957, 1963, 1965, and 1967.[7]


He died at the age of 87 in 2007 following a long battle with prostate cancer.

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 Order of Canada citation
  2. Moro, Teviah (2007-12-04). "An athlete and a gentleman". Orillia Packet. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  3. 1 2 "Jake Gaudaur, Jr.". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
  4. 1 2 Frank Cosentino. "Jake Gaudaur". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "J. G. (Jake) Gaudaur". Canadian Football Hall of Fame & Museum. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  6. The Canadian Press. "Ex-CFL commissioner Gaudaur passes". TSN. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  7. "HISTORY - Grey Cup". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  8. "J.G. 'Jake' Gaudaur - Inducted in 1984". Argonauts Hall of Famers. Toronto Argonauts Football Club. Archived from the original on 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  9. McCormick, Murray (2010-11-25)."McCullough wins inaugural award". Regina Leader Post. http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/McCullough+wins+inaugural+award/3880691/story.html. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
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