Hamilton Tiger-Cats legend Angelo Mosca has died at age 84.
Helen Mosca introduced the demise of her husband in a Fb publish Saturday.
“It’s with nice disappointment that the household of Angelo Mosca announce his passing on November 6, 2021, after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s.”
“Angelo was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather in addition to buddy to so many. Angelo was 84 years outdated. We ask that you simply respect the household’s privateness presently. Extra particulars shall be shared when preparations have been made.”
Mosca performed in a document 9 Gray Cup video games, tied with longtime Ticats teammate John Barrow for probably the most in Canadian Football League historical past.
He received 5 Gray Cup championships, 4 with Hamilton and one with the Ottawa Tough Riders.
The 2-time CFL All-Star attended the College of Notre Dame and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles within the thirtieth and final spherical, 350th general, within the 1959 Nationwide Soccer League draft.
However Mosca, like many others of his era, determined to play within the CFL as a result of gamers had been paid extra money at the moment.
The native of Waltham, Massachusetts performed the 1958 and 1959 seasons with the Ticats wherein the crew performed within the Gray Cup however misplaced to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers every time.
Mosca was traded to the Ottawa Tough Riders in the summertime of 1960 for guard/linebacker Hardiman Cureton and helped Ottawa win their first championship in 9 years.
Mosca spent two seasons within the nation’s capital earlier than he joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1962 the place he performed simply 5 recreation earlier than returning to Hamilton.
Over the subsequent decade, Mosca was named an East All-Star 4 instances (1963, ’65, ’66, ’70) and starred in 5 Gray Cup championships for Hamilton.
Mosca’s closing CFL recreation was the 1972 Gray Cup closing at outdated Ivor Wynne Stadium wherein he led the Tiger-Cats to a 13-10 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The defensive sort out was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Corridor of Fame in 1987 and the Hamilton Sports activities Corridor of Fame in 2012.
Hamilton retired Mosca’s No. 68 jersey in 2015.
The hulking soccer participant additionally made a reputation for himself as knowledgeable wrestler underneath the title ‘King Kong Mosca’ from 1960 till he retired in 1986.
Billed as six-foot-four and 310 kilos, ‘King Kong’ starred with the World Wrestling Federation throughout soccer’s offseason and have become a full-time grappler after retiring from soccer in 1972.
In February 2015, Mosca revealed that he had been identified with Alzheimer’s disease.
Mosca first met his spouse Helen, an actual property agent, at a Tiger-Cats recreation in 1996 and so they married two years later and had been dwelling in St. Catharines, Ont.
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