Rocky DiPietro

DiPietro has to rate as one of the best slotbacks in CFL history.  DiPietro was a Hamilton territorial exemption in the 1976 draft and joined the Tiger-Cats in 1978.  DiPietro played his entire 14 year career (1978-1991) with Hamilton and it included four Eastern All-Star honours (1981, 1982, 1986 and 1989), three All-Canadian honours (1982, 1986 and 1989), two Outstanding Canadian awards (1982 and 1989) and runner-up in 1986.  Along the way were three 1000+ yards, with DiPietro's best season coming in 1982 with 95 catches and 1160 yards.  DiPietro finished his career with 706 catches for 9762 yards and 45 toudchowns. DiPIetro was elected to the Canadian Football Hall-of-Fame in 1997.

Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1978 HAM 29 363 16 2 42
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HAM 55 869 15.8 2 51
1981 HAM 59 868 14.7 6 42
1982 HAM 95 1160 13.7 5 49
1983 HAM 56 693 12.4 2 36
1984 HAM 71 1063 15 5 80
1985 HAM 52 593 11.4 4 45
1986 HAM 66 1087 12.6 4 47
1987 HAM 54 654 12.1 4 52
1988 HAM 50 706 14.1 4 35
1989 HAM 56 884 15.2 2 44
1990 HAM 13 197 15.2 1 32
1991 HAM 38 525 13.8 4 43
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1978 HAM 0 0 0
1979 HAM 0 0 0
1980 HAM 3 2 0
1981 HAM 3 0 0
1982 HAM 1 1 0
1983 HAM 1 1 0
1984 HAM 2 1 0
1985 HAM 1 0 0
1986 HAM 2 2 0
1987 HAM 1 1 0
1988 HAM 1 1 0
1989 HAM 0 0 0
1990 HAM 1 1 0
1991 HAM 0
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Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1978 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HAM 3 12 4 0 6
1982 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HAM 1 11 11 0 11
1984 HAM 2 8 4 0 7
1985 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1986 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1987 HAM 1 0 0 0 0
1988 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1989 HAM 3 -2 -0.7 0 0
1990 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1991 HAM 1 0 0 0 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1978 HAM


1979 HAM


1980 HAM


1981 HAM


1982 HAM


1983 HAM


1984 HAM


1985 HAM


1986 HAM


1987 HAM 5

1988 HAM 3

1989 HAM 2

1990 HAM 1

1991 HAM 2 4 6

DiPietro had 25 yards rushing on zero carries (lateral) in 1983.

DiPIetro had one punt return for 3 yards in 1980.