REMINDER: MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR 2019 CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY

Deadline for applications is Thursday, August 8

TORONTO (August 6, 2019) – The Canadian Football League (CFL) is accepting requests for media accreditation for the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) Induction Ceremony. The 2019 Class will be inducted on Friday, August 9 at the CFHOF and Museum, located on the fourth level of Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton.

Jon Cornish, Mervyn Fernandez, Terry Greer, Ernie Pitts (posthumous) and David Williams will be inducted in the Player category, while former Saskatchewan club president Jim Hopson and legendary University of British Columbia coach Frank Smith will join the Builder category.

Additional information regarding this year’s class of inductees is available here.

Media members interested in covering the 2019 CFHOF Induction Ceremony are invited to email Lucas Barrett at lbarrett@cfl.ca by no later than 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 8.

What

2019 Canadian Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

When

Friday, August 9, 2019

  • 5:30 – 6:15 p.m. ET – Inductees media availability
  • 6:30 p.m. ET – Doors open/cocktail reception
  • 7:30 p.m. ET – Formal induction ceremony begins

Where

West Side Studio – Fourth level
Tim Hortons Field
Hamilton
(Enter through Gate 3)

In attendance

2019 CFHOF Induction class – Player category

  • Jon Cornish
  • Mervyn Fernandez
  • Terry Greer
  • Ernie Pitts Jr. (Representing his father, inductee Ernie Pitts)
  • David Williams

2019 CFHOF Induction class – Builder category

  • Jim Hopson
  • Frank Smith

Various members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame

CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie

CFHOF Executive Director Mark DeNobile

Lucas Barrett

Manager, Communications & Public Affairs, Canadian Football League

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