Bernie Faloney
| No. 10, 90, 92 | |
Faloney featured in the October 1966 issue of Canadian Boy'
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| Date of birth | June 15, 1932 |
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| Place of birth | Carnegie, Pennsylvania |
| Date of death | June 14, 1999 (aged 66) |
| Place of death | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | QB |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 193 lb (88 kg) |
| College | Maryland |
| NFL draft | 1954 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 |
| Drafted by | San Francisco 49ers |
| Hand | Right |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1954 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1957–1964 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1965–1966 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1967 | BC Lions |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL East All-Star | 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965 |
| Awards |
1961 CFL MOP 1965 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy |
| Career stats | |
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 2005, Faloney was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. 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.
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.
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