Dave Fleming played his entire ten year CFL career with Hamilton from 1965 to 1974.  Initially, Fleming was used mainly as a defensive back, recording three interceptions in 1966 and two in 1967. Fleming's role on offense increased steadily from 1965 when he only played three games to 1969.  In those years, his rushing totals progressed from 0 yards in 1965, 81 yards in 1966, 303 yards in 1967, 599 yareds in 1968 and a career high 641 yards in 1969.  At that time, most teams had a big fullback to carry the ball the majority of the time with smaller, faster halfbacks like Fleming as the number two rusher.  Fleming played his part behind a number of fullbacks for Hamilton in his ten year career including Willie Bethea early in his career and players like Dave Buchanan and Andy Hopkins at the end. Besides being a capable running back, Fleming was also a dangerous receiver out of the backfileld with some very good average yards per catch seasons such as when he caught 39 passes for 766 yards (more han he had rushing) for a 19.7 yard average.  In fact, in 1970, Fleming's 56 catches led the East and won him an East All-Sar   selection.  Even in his final year, Fleming had 30 catches for 545 yards and an 18.2 yard average pickup. Fleming finished his career with 3330 yards rushing.