Background
Like his father, Jake Gaudaur Snr., he was a national rowing champion as well as an excellent lacrosse player.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Jake Gaudaur
Edit ProfileCareer
Jacob Gill "Jake" Gaudaur, Junior., OC (October 5, 1920 – December 4, 2007) was a Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) 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. Jake Gaudaur, Junior., born in Orillia, Ontario October 5, 1920, was an all-around athlete at Orillia Collegiate Institute.
In 1940, aged 19, he began playing football and joined the Hamilton Tigers.
The following year he played for the Toronto Argonauts. Following the war, Gaudaur played for, and was part owner of, the Toronto Indians of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (1945–1946) and then played for the Montreal Alouettes during the 1947 season.
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.
From 1954, Gaudaur was President of the Tiger-Cats and was President & General Manager from the 1956 season to 1967.
He died at the age of 87 in 2007 following a long battle with prostate cancer.
Achievements
-
He was inducted as a builder into the Toronto Argonauts Hall of Fame in 1984. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Builder in 1984. In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was inducted into Canada"s Sports Hall of Fame (1990). The Jake Gaudaur Veterans" Trophy, presented annually to the Canadian Football League player "who best demonstrates the attributes of Canada"s veterans in times of war, peace and military conflict", was awarded for the first time in 2010.
-
Born
-
Died
December 4, 2007 (aged 87) -
Nationality
Canada
Awards
-
Officer of the Order of Canada Grey Cup; Order of Canada; Jake Gaudaur Veterans' Trophy
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.