Joe Pikula
Canadian football player
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Joseph Adam Pikula, Sr. (May 5, 1944 – April 29, 2015) was a Canadian professional 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]
