Brain Copeland, who was the driving force behind Hamilton’s return to the Ontario Football Conference after a hiatus of 14 years and then unexpectedly left the team late last year, is back in junior football.
Copeland, a former player with the Hurricanes, assumes one of two new positions announced after the OFC’s annual meeting on the [...]

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Hamilton native Brad Crawford has signed a three-year contract with the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts.
The 2009 CFL draft pick attended the Argos’ camp last season and opted to return to the University of Guelph to complete his degree. The defensive back was selected 43rd overall (sixth round) and is the younger brother of current [...]

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Without passing or kicking a football, the Hamilton Panthers have started their 2010 Ontario Football Conference Varsity season with the announcement of its coaching staffs.
The Senior Varsity Panthers will be led by head coach and former Canadian Football League player Paul Hitchcock. Coach “Hitch” played his high school football in Hamilton with the Glendale Bears. [...]

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Mike Samuel is the new president of the Hamilton Hurricanes football club.
Samuel moves into the position as Brian Copeland moves out after completing his two-year tenure that saw the Hurricanes return to the Ontario Junior Football Conference after an absence of 14 years. Club chairman Joe Fabiani notes that Copeland and Samuel are both [...]

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Burlington’s Danny Brannagan was named the most valuable player of the 2009 Desjardins Vanier Cup as the No. 4 Queen’s Gaels came from behind to defeat the No. 2 Calgary Dinos 33-31.
In addition to the MVP honour, Brannagan, in the final game of his CIS career, was named the male Pioneer Petroleums Ontario University Athletics [...]

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