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Senators' Hall of Fame | |
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| Mal Armstrong - Newcastle & Gateshead Senators Mally became a hard hitting 'backer who always gave 110%. Led by example, Remembered for 'Get up for it!' and 'Best B....rd Team in the B.....td Land' (Picture taken 2003) | LB Inducted 2003 |  |
| Sal Cintorino The first American to play for the Club. Sal came from the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils and played middle linebacker with a passion and a ferocity that made running against the first 10-0 team in the Club's history a very bad idea indeed. Returned to the USA to coach the Blue Devils and is currently Athletics Director. | MLB Inducted 2004 |  |
| Rob Grahamslaw- Newcastle & Gateshead Senators Played for Trojans before joining Senators, able to motivate the team in any situation ran a no nonsense huddle, if you talked you were benched! Only ex-player so far to have playing number (#11) retired. Versatility made him the Team's Jim Jenson! | QB/DE/TE Inducted 2003 |  |
| Rod Moors - Gateshead Senators Top Canadian import QB still holds many Club & League records, explosive combination with Paul Shorten. Top pocket passer with a strong accurate arm able to find open receivers anywhere on the field. Also helped coach WRs and RBs. Took the Senators into the playoffs mainly through the air! | QB Inducted 2003 |  |
| Kev Nixon - Newcastle & Gateshead Senators Top British receiver, joined from Washington Presidents, great concentration, good hands and ran very precise routes, flourished under Moors and Grahamslaw. Would have made an excellent coach. (Picture taken 2003) | Receiver Inducted 2003 |  |
| Paul Shorten - Gateshead Senators Top Canadian WR, Grey Cup winner with Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 'Shorty' was one of the best import receivers to play in this country, also good long snapper and elusive kick returner. Still holds Club & League records. Surfer dude who was a fan favourite with the ladies! | Receiver Inducted 2003 |  |
| Mark Sloan - Gateshead Senators Sloany typifies what is good about Football, inspirational leader never gives in always hard but fair. Played against the Club for many years as a Wolverine before 'seeing the light' and crossing the Pennines. Mark has earned the respect of every Team he has played against. Great partnership with The Woot. In his final game against the Os Sloany took a snap at QB as it was the only position on 'O' he hadn't played. | Linebacker Inducted 2003 |  |
| Kevin Storey One of the best and hardest hitting safeties in the league. He smashed a player's face cage in an exhibition game with the force of tackle. | Safety Inducted 2004 |  |
| Jeff Wooton a member of that family that still contributes so much to the Sunday Family today. He was an excellent cover guy during the days when every team had an American QB arguably making the job of Brit defenders much harder. | CB Inducted 2004 | |
Others | ||
| Richard Bass - Gateshead Senators Coached at University of Toronto and Purdue. Instrumental in the signing of Moors and Shorten who had played at U. of T. also brought over two other Canadians to make the Senators competitive with the top teams in the Country. Took the club into the playoffs A student of the game who laid the foundations for the future success of the Club. Last heard of playing golf on the Pro circuit in the States. | Coach Inducted 2003 |  |
| Wally Cleminson - Newcastle Senators The late Wally Cleminson was the Clubs first Equipment Manager and another of the 'Sunderland Set'. Wally's love of the game and the Club were legendary as were some of his exploits that cannot be recounted here - ask some of the older players for details! | Equipment Manager Inducted 2003 | |
| Scott Pioli A DE DT that never actually played a down due to college insurance NCAA regulations, but turned the defense into a machine. Also the Senator who made it big in the NFL. He has been part of the New England Patriots for four seasons and won two Superbowls Scott was named the NFL's 2004 Executive of the Year. Currently the Director Vice President of Player Personnel at the New England Patriots and married to Dallas Parcells (daughter of NFL legend Bill Parcells), Scotty was the owner of the first defensive playbook ever seen in the North East. He was also a young man with endless patience as a coach and the fact that he could not play for the Club was his only regret of his whole Senators experience. (Photo: New England Patriots, 2004) | Coach Inducted 2004 |  |