- Peter Dalla Riva
NFL player
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1946|12|11
Birthplace=Italy
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Position=Tight end Wide receiver
College=Canadian Junior Football League
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years=1968-1981
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CollegeHOF=Peter Dalla Riva, (born
December 11 ,1946 inItaly ), is a former professionalCanadian football player with theMontreal Alouettes of theCanadian Football League at thetight end andwide receiver positions. Dalla Riva played with the Alouettes for his entire 14 year career. He is a member of theCanadian Football Hall of Fame , and has had his jersey number #74 retired by the club.Amateur football career
Born in
Italy , Dalla Riva arrived inHamilton, Ontario ,Canada with his family in 1953. Dalla Riva played amateur Canadian football with theBurlington Braves and Oakville Black Knights of theCanadian 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 55touchdowns , he was also an excellentblocker . He played in 6Grey 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.
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External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/cfl_historical/DallaRiva.Peter.htm CFL Historical Montreal Alouettes - Peter Dalla Riva]
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