Peter Dalla Riva

Peter Dalla Riva

NFL player


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Position=Tight end Wide receiver
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Peter Dalla Riva, (born December 11, 1946 in Italy), is a former professional Canadian football player with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League at the tight end and wide receiver positions. Dalla Riva played with the Alouettes for his entire 14 year career. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and has had his jersey number #74 retired by the club.

Amateur football career

Born in Italy, Dalla Riva arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with his family in 1953. Dalla Riva played amateur Canadian football with the Burlington Braves and Oakville Black Knights of the Canadian Junior Football League.

Professional football career

Dalla Riva began his professional football career with the Alouettes in 1968 as a tight end. He would play for a franchise record 14 seasons, until 1981, including 197 regular season games. He would catch 450 passes for 6,413 yards and scored 55 touchdowns, he was also an excellent blocker. He played in 6 Grey Cup games, winning three of those matches. He was named a CFL All-Star 3 times.

Awards, honours, and post-football life

Dalla Riva's jersey number #74, was retired by the Als on October 24, 1981. In 1993, he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. In 2006, Dalla Riva was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's Top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.cite web | url = http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=10855 | accessdate = 2007-08-02 | author = | title = TSN Top 50 Honour Roll | publisher = TSN.ca | date = 2006-11-28]

Since his retirement from professial football, Dalla Riva has given much time to participating in community and charity sports events.

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/cfl_historical/DallaRiva.Peter.htm CFL Historical Montreal Alouettes - Peter Dalla Riva]


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