Hank Ilesic and Barron Miles Get the Call to the Hall
March 21, 2018 - Canadian Football League (CFL)
Edmonton Elks News Release
(Edmonton) -- This evening, Eskimos legendary punter Hank Ilesic and current Esks defensive backs coach Barron Miles were announced as members of the 2018 Canadian Football Hall of Fame induction class.
Both will be inducted as players.
Ilesic was a 17-year-old high school football player when he joined the Edmonton Eskimos as a punter in 1977. He was a member of seven Grey Cup winning teams, including the Edmonton dynasty that won five in a row from 1978 to 1982. Overall, Ilesic played 261 regular season, 18 playoff and nine Grey Cup games with four teams in a career that spanned a total of 20 seasons and included appearances in four different decades. He was named a CFL All-Star eight times and led the CFL in punting average six times (1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992). He also holds Grey Cup records for most punts (64) and most punting yards (2,735).
Miles played a dozen seasons in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes (1998-2004) and the BC Lions (2005-2009). He finished his career with 66 interceptions, tying him for second on the all-time CFL list, and 980 interception return yards and five returns for touchdowns. He holds the CFL record for blocked kicks with 13. He is a six-time CFL All-Star and also the league's Most Outstanding Rookie in 1998. Miles became a Grey Cup champion with the Alouettes in 2002. He also won the Grey Cup with the Lions in 2006.
Joining Ilesic and Miles in the 2018 induction class as players is Scott Flory, the late Tommy Hugo and Brent Johnson. Frank Cosentino will join them as a builder and Paul Brûlé will also be honoured for his amateur playing career.
The unveiling of this year's class - one of the highlights of Mark's CFL Week - took place this evening in the Pinnacle Club at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg.
Formal induction ceremonies will be held later this year at a reception at Tim Hortons Field on the evening of September 14th. Tickets to that event go on sale this evening at 8 p.m. MT. on Ticketmaster. The inductees will also be honoured on September 15th at the Hall of Fame Game in Hamilton, which features the Tiger-Cats and the Calgary Stampeders.
The 2018 inductees will bring the total number of members in the Hall's Zone of Champions to 296. Their busts and selected artefacts will be showcased in a new hall of fame on the club level of Tim Hortons Field. It will be unveiled this year.
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum operates as a non-profit registered charity. Located in Hamilton, Ontario since 1963, it is also the custodian of more than 80,000 Canadian football artefacts, ranging from equipment and trophies to photos and videos.
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- Scott Flory, Barron Miles and Tom Hugo to be inducted to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Montreal Alouettes
- Hank Ilesic and Barron Miles Get the Call to the Hall - Edmonton Elks
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