John Priestner

Priestner was a territorial exemption of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1979 and also a tenth round draft pick of the Baltimore Colts of the NFL. After a year on the Colt's injury list, Priestner signed with Hamilton in August of 1980.  In his first full season with Hamilton in 1981, Priestner was named an East division All-Star. Priestner spent his entire six year career with the Tiger-Cats from 1980 to 1985

Games Played and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1980 a 7







1985 HAM 15





0
1984 HAM 12





4
1983 HAM 16





4
1982 HAM 11





0
1981 HAM 16





0

No tackle statistics were kept during these years.

Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1980 a 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HAM 2 31 15.5 0 31
1982 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HAM 1 8 8 0 8
1984 HAM 1 0 0 0 0
1985 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Fumble Recoveries
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1980 a 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HAM 3 12 4 0 11 0
1982 HAM 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HAM 1 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HAM 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1980 a 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HAM 2 14 7 0 8
1984 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1980 a 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HAM 2 11 5.5 0 9
1984 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HAM 0 0 0 0 0