Mike Morreale
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Mike Morreale, born August 10, 1971 in Hamilton, Ontario, is an award winning receiver in the Canadian Football League.
Morreale played his university football with the McMaster University Marauders from 1991 to 1994. He finished his Marauder career with 116 receptions for 1,880 yards and a school record 16 touchdowns and had 217 yards on 27 punt returns and 185 yards on nine kickoff returns. He also carried the ball four times for 33 yards and averaged 33.7 yards on 36 punts. He was a CIAU second team All-Canadian once and a two-time OUAA All-Star at wide receiver.
He began his 12 year CFL career in 1995 with the Toronto Argonauts. He moved on to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1998 and played there for 5 seasons before rejoining Toronto in 2002. Presently he is, again, with the Tiger-Cats, rejoining them in 2004. His best season was 1998, when he caught 67 passes for 1076 yards and played in the Grey Cup, and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award. He also won two Grey Cup championships, in 1997 with Toronto, and in 1999 with Hamilton, when he was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.
He was the CFL spokesman for the War Amps Champs program in 1997 and raised $26,000 for Hamilton Children's Hospital in the 1999 Morreale Macaroni campaign. He is also a first cousin of Toronto Argonauts legend Paul Masotti.
Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to the famous MGO hot shot, "Big" Al Morreale.
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