Bill Hatanaka

Bill Hatanaka
No. 16
Date of birth	May 3, 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Bathurst, New Brunswick
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	WR
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	172 lb (78 kg)
Canada university	York
CFL draft	1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Drafted by	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career history
As player
1976–1978	Ottawa Rough Riders
1979	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
	Grey Cup champion (1976);

Bill Hatanaka (born May 3, 1954) is a former Canadian football wide receiver who played four seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Ottawa Rough Riders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was drafted by the Rough Riders in the first round of the 1976 CFL Draft.^[1] He played CIS football at York University. He was a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders team that won the 64th Grey Cup.^[2] Hatanaka's punt return touchdown in the 64th Grey Cup was the first in Grey Cup history.^[3] He attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, and is a member of the Board of Governors at York University.^[4]

References

^ "Draft Tracker". cfl.ca/. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
^ "Bill Hatanaka, Group Head, Wealth Management, Chairman and CEO, TD Waterhouse Canada Inc". schulich.yorku.ca. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
^ "Punt return in '76 Grey Cup was one for the history books". theglobeandmail.com. November 23, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
^ "Biography - William Hatanaka - University Secretariat". secretariat.info.yorku.ca. Retrieved 22 January 2019.