Eagles Great Tracy Ham Headed to CFL Hall of Fame
Eagles great Tracy Ham headed to CFL Hall of Fame
Legendary Georgia Southern quarterback Tracy Ham will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September. “It is a great honor to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and this achievement is a testament to all the people who have invested in me throughout the years,” said Ham. “When you are on the journey of your playing career, of your life, you may not realize what the outcome will be. This is an amazing reward for what I believe was my privilege to represent great teams and the Canadian Football League.”
Tracy Ham will be inducted into the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame.
Ham will join the other four members of the 2010 class, Bob Cameron, Don Narcisse, Elfrid Payton and Joe Pistilli, at the 2010 induction ceremony.
Ham’s speed and cannon arm helped lead Georgia Southern to back-to-back national championship seasons in 1985 and 1986. When he completed his collegiate career, his statistics placed him as Georgia Southern’s all-time leader in almost every offensive category. Ham still owns more than 15 game, season and career records and more than 20 playoff records. One of only two Georgia Southern players to have his number (8) retired, Ham was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
In 1987, Ham signed with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1987 of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and became the starting quarterback the following season. In 1989, he became the first quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards. For his performance that season, he was named the league’s Most Outstanding Player and was a unanimous selection as a Western All-Star and CFL All-Star.
In 1993, Ham spent one year with the Toronto Argonauts before moving to the Baltimore Stallions for the 1994 season. He led the Stallions to a Grey Cup victory in 1995 and earned Most Outstanding Player honors in the CFL championship game. Signing with Montreal in 1996, he played a total of four seasons with the Alouettes, leading them to the Eastern Division final in 1997. At his retirement, Ham held the record for most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback with 1,096 and ranked second with 8,043 yards in all-time rushing yards by a quarterback (10th overall).
In his 13-year career in the CFL, Ham amassed 40,534 passing yards for seventh all-time in the league, completing 2,670 of 4,943 passes (54 percent) and accounting for 284 touchdowns. He added 62 rushing touchdowns to his career totals.