Jake Gaudaur's contributions to football in Canada and the CFL are legendary.  Gaudaur served in virtually every possible capacity from player to the Commissioner of the league. Gaudaur was born in Orillia, Ontario in 1920 and started his playing career with the Hamilton Tigers in 1940.  The Tigers would later merge with the rival Wildcats to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1950. Gaudaur then played for the Toronto Argonauts for one season in 1941.  Gaudaur spent the next three years in the RCAF, and played for various military teams, the Toronto RCAF Hurricanes of the ORFU (Ontario Rugby Football Union) in 1942, the Ottawa Combines in 1943, and with the Camp Borden RCAF Hurricanes (formerly called Bombes) in 1944.  Gaudaur got his first Grey Cup championship with the Toronto RCAF Hurricanes in 1942 as they beat the Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 8-5.  With the war over, Gaudaur returned to civilian life and played two years for the Toronto Indians of the ORFU in 1945 and 1946, a team he was also part owner of.  Gaudar then played one year in Montreal for the Alouettes in 1947, before settling in for a stint in Hamilton.  Gaudaur played with the Hamilton Tigers in 1948 and 1949, and then with the Tiger-Cats in 1950, 1951 and 1953.  Gaudar won his second Grey Cup in his final season, as the Tiger-Cats beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12-8 to win the championship.  Gaudaur was named to Ted Reeves' unofficial All-Star teams in 1946 and 1948, and as a second team All-East in 1949.  After retiring as a player, Gaudaur took over as President of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1954, and added the role of GM in 1956.  Gaudaur was the Hamilton GM from 1956 to 1967, and in those 14 years, the Tiger-Cats went to 9 Grey Cups, winning 4 of them (1957, 1963, 1965 and 1967).  Four of the losses came at the hands of Bud Grant's Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team that Gaudaur had beaten twice to win Grey Cups as a player.  In 1968, Jake Gaudaur became the fourth commisioner of the CFL, and held that post for 17 years until 1984, and much of the success of the CFL today has to be credited to the work done by Gaudaur.  Jake Gaudaur is a member of both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1984) as a Builder, and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (1990).  Jake Gaudaur passed away on December 4, 2007.