Bernie Faloney Bernie Faloney ( June 15 , 1932 – June 14 , 1999 ) was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League ( primarily with the Hamilton Tiger - Cats ) and an outstanding American college football player at the University of Maryland . Born in Carnegie , Pennsylvania , Faloney is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame , Canada ' s Sports Hall of Fame , the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame , the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame , and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame . Faloney ' s jersey # 10 was retired by the Hamilton Tiger - Cats in 1999 . In 2006 , Faloney was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL ' s Top 50 Players of the league ' s modern era by Canadian sports network TSN . Early life & college career . B . J . " Bernie " Faloney was born in Carnegie , Pennsylvania , where he played high school football before attending the University of Maryland , College Park . There , he played college football as a quarterback , helping the Terrapins make it to the Sugar Bowl in 1952 . In his senior season of 1953 , Faloney quarterbacked Maryland to be NCAA Division I - A national football champions and into the 1954 Orange Bowl . At season ' s end , Faloney finished fourth in the balloting for the 1953 Heisman Trophy . Professional football career . Faloney was drafted in the first round of the 1954 National Football League draft by the San Francisco 49ers . San Francisco offered Faloney $ 9000 to play defensive back and back - up quarterback . However Pop Ivy , coach of the University of Maryland ' s Orange Bowl opponent , Oklahoma , was moving to the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League and offered Faloney a $ 12 , 500 contract to accompany him . At the time the Canadian dollar was worth 10 per cent more than its American counterpart so the choice to head north was easy , Faloney later recalled . A scrambling quarterback , Faloney helped the Eskimos win the 1954 Grey Cup but then fulfilled his mandatory service in the United States armed forces , serving with the U . S . Air Force from 1955 to 1956 . A free agent after his military service , Faloney signed with the Hamilton Tiger - Cats in 1957 and became one of the major stars of the Canadian Football League , winning two Grey Cup championships with the Ti - Cats . Traded from Hamilton in 1965 , he played for the Montreal Alouettes and the BC Lions before retiring in 1967 . Faloney was the Eastern Conference ' s All - Star quarterback on five occasions , 1958 , 1959 , 1961 , 1964 and 1965 . In 1961 , he won the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Player Award . His career CFL stats include 1 , 493 pass completions of 2 , 876 attempts for 153 touchdowns and 24 , 264 yards . He still holds the Grey Cup record for most passes completed and most touchdowns . He is the first CFL quarterback to win a Grey Cup championship with both Eastern and Western Conference teams . Bernie Faloney was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1974 , the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 1983 , the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1985 , the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 , and Canada ' s Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 . In November 2006 , Faloney was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL ' s top 50 players of the league ' s modern era by Canadian sports network TSN . Later life and death . In retirement , Faloney made his home in Hamilton , Ontario where he became a part owner of a construction company . An avid horseman , he remained active in community and business affairs until being stricken with colorectal cancer . Faloney died on June 14 , 1999 , in Hamilton , Ontario . Tribute . Cannon Street in Hamilton , Ontario , in the Brian Timmons Stadium and Ivor Wynne Stadium area is also known as " Bernie Faloney Way . " Video clips . Canadian Football Hall of Fame member