1958, 1959, 1961, 1964 and 1965. In 1961, he won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award. His career CFL stats include 1,493 pass completions of 2,876 attempts for 153 touchdowns and 24,264 yards. He is the first CFL quarterback to win a Grey Cup championship with both Eastern and Western Conference teams. Bernie Faloney was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1974, the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 1983, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1985, the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. In November 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. Later life and death In retirement, Faloney made his home in Hamilton, Ontario where he became a part owner of a construction company. An avid horseman, he remained active in community and business affairs until being stricken with colorectal cancer. Faloney was the first Tiger-Cat player to have his number retired by the club when the team announced his number retirement on June 8, 1999. He died six days later on June 14, 1999, in Hamilton, Ontario. Tribute Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario, in the Brian Timmis Stadium and Tim Hortons Field area is also known as Bernie Faloney Way. Video clips Canadian Football Hall of Fame member References External sources Graham Kelly, The Grey Cup (1999) 1932 births 1999 deaths American football quarterbacks American players of Canadian football BC Lions players Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Football League announcers Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player Award winners Canadian football quarterbacks Deaths from cancer in Ontario Deaths from colorectal cancer Edmonton Elks players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Maryland Terrapins football players Montreal Alouettes players People from Carnegie, Pennsylvania United States Air Force airmen Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Players of American football from Pennsylvania