Wayne Giardino
Full Name:  Wayne Maurice Giardino
     Born:  November 7, 1943, Petersborough, Ontario
     Died:  February 16, 2021, Almonte, Ontario
   School:  Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach, Florida


FSU Career
Football
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1964  23  FB      5-10 189  So   *   West Palm Beach             
1965  23  FB      5-10 192  Jr   *   West Palm Beach             
1966  23  LB      5-10 198  Sr   *   West Palm Beach             
Baseball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  B  T  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1965      SS      5-10 190        So   *   West Palm Beach       


Comments
Wayne Maurice Giardino Obituary.
Published in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Feb 20, 2021

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Wayne in the Rosamond Wing of the Almonte General Hospital. Wayne was born in Peterborough, Ontario, grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, and has made Almonte his home since 1968. Beloved husband of Nancy, loving father of Nicole Guthrie (Mark) and David Giardino (Leigh-Anne) and proud grandfather of Ben and Jessica Guthrie and Dawson and Owen Giardino. Dear brother-in-law of Caroline von Feliltzsch of West Palm Beach, Florida.

Wayne led a "football life". He was a star running back for the Florida State University Seminoles. In 1967, he joined the Ottawa Rough Riders playing both offence and defence for nine seasons. He was a three-time Grey Cup Champion (1968, 1969 and 1973). After retiring as a player he coached the Ottawa Sooners and the Ottawa University GeeGees. He was a coach and director of player personnel for the Rough Riders and the Hamilton Tiger Cats. He was a proud member of the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1997, he retired from football and for fifteen years worked as a Court Services Offocer at the Ontario Superior Court in Ottawa. He was a truly good man, honest, loyal, trustworthy, and hard-working.



FSU Statistics
Football
Season Statistics
Defense
         |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
Year  GP |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
1964   4 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  3 |  18
1965  10 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  1 |   6
1966  10 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   2-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot   24 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   2-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  4 |  24
Offense/Kick and Punt Returns
         |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
Year  GP |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
1964   4 |  70  256  3.7  3     |   1    6  6.0  0     |   0-  0 - 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |  262
1965  10 |  66  201  3.0  1     |   9   52  5.8  0     |   0-  1 - 1     0  0     |   1    4  4.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |  257
1966  10 |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-  0 - 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   1    0  0.0  0      |    0
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot   24 | 136  457  3.4  4     |  10   58  5.8  0     |   0-   1- 1     0  0     |   1    4  4.0  0      |   1    0  0.0  0      |  519
Football
Game Participation
                            |      Starts
1964                        | GP  Off  Def
----------------------------|--------------
Oct 31 Southern Mississippi |  1           
Nov  7 Houston              |  1           
Nov 14 North Carolina State |  1           
Nov 21 Florida              |  1           
Jan  2 Oklahoma             |  1  FB       
----------------------------|--------------
Tot                         |  5   1    0

                            |      Starts
1965                        | GP  Off  Def
----------------------------|--------------
Sep 25 Texas Christian      |  1  FB       
Oct  2 Baylor               |  1  FB       
Oct  9 Kentucky             |  1  FB       
Oct 16 Georgia              |  1  FB       
Oct 23 Alabama              |  1  FB       
Oct 30 Virginia Tech        |  1  FB       
Nov  6 Wake Forest          |  1  FB       
Nov 13 North Carolina State |  1           
Nov 20 Houston              |  1           
Nov 27 Florida              |  1           
----------------------------|--------------
Tot                         | 10   7    0

                            |      Starts
1966                        | GP  Off  Def
----------------------------|--------------
Sep 17 Houston              |  1       LB  
Sep 24 Miami                |  1       LB  
Oct  8 Florida              |  1       LB  
Oct 15 Texas Tech           |  1       LB  
Oct 22 Mississippi State    |  1       LLB 
Oct 29 Virginia Tech        |  1       LLB 
Nov  5 South Carolina       |  1       LLB 
Nov 12 Syracuse             |  1       LLB 
Nov 19 Wake Forest          |  1       LLB 
Nov 26 Maryland             |  1       LLB 
Dec 24 Wyoming              |  1       LLB 
----------------------------|--------------
Tot                         | 11   0   11

----------------------------|--------------
Career Tot                  | 26   8   11
Football
Game Statistics
                            |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
1964                        |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Oct  3 New Mexico State     |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 10 Kentucky             |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  1 |   6
Oct 31 Southern Mississippi |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov  7 Houston              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  1 |   6
Nov 14 North Carolina State |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  1 |   6
Nov 21 Florida              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Jan  2 *Oklahoma            |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot                         |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |  0    0 |  3 |  18

                            |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
1965                        |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Sep 25 Texas Christian      |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct  2 Baylor               |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct  9 Kentucky             |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 16 Georgia              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 23 Alabama              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 30 Virginia Tech        |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov  6 Wake Forest          |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  1 |   6
Nov 13 North Carolina State |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov 20 Houston              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov 27 Florida              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot                         |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |  0    0 |  1 |   6

                            |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
1966                        |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Sep 24 Miami                |   6   0   6  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   2-  2- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct  8 Florida              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 15 Texas Tech           |   5   2   7  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 22 Mississippi State    |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov 12 Syracuse             |   3   2   5  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Dec 24 *Wyoming             |   1   2   3  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot                         |  14   4  18  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   2-  2- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |  0    0 |  0 |   0

* Bowl Game stats not included
                            |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
1964                        |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Oct  3 New Mexico State     |  10   56  5.6  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   56
Oct 10 Kentucky             |   6   20  3.3  1     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   20
Oct 31 Southern Mississippi |   5   12  2.4  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   12
Nov  7 Houston              |  12   37  3.1  1     |   1    6  6.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   43
Nov 14 North Carolina State |  18   59  3.3  1     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   59
Nov 21 Florida              |  19   72  3.8  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   72
Jan  2 *Oklahoma            |   7   82 11.7  0     |   2   14  7.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   1    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   96
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot                         |  70  256  3.7  3     |   1    6  6.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |  262

                            |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
1965                        |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Sep 25 Texas Christian      |   9   19  2.1  0     |   1   10 10.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   29
Oct  2 Baylor               |  10   30  3.0  0     |   2   25 12.5  0     |   0-   1- 1     0  0     |   1    4  4.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   59
Oct  9 Kentucky             |  11   36  3.3  0     |   4   16  4.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   52
Oct 16 Georgia              |  17   74  4.4  0     |   1    2  2.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   76
Oct 23 Alabama              |   3    4  1.3  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    4
Oct 30 Virginia Tech        |   3   11  3.7  0     |   1   -1 -1.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |   10
Nov  6 Wake Forest          |   6    9  1.5  1     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    9
Nov 13 North Carolina State |   3    8  2.7  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    8
Nov 20 Houston              |   3    6  2.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    6
Nov 27 Florida              |   1    4  4.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    4
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot                         |  66  201  3.0  1     |   9   52  5.8  0     |   0-   1- 1     0  0     |   1    4  4.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |  257

                            |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
1966                        |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Sep 24 Miami                |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Oct  8 Florida              |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Oct 15 Texas Tech           |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Oct 22 Mississippi State    |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   1    0  0.0  0      |    0
Nov 12 Syracuse             |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Dec 24 *Wyoming             |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot                         |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   1    0  0.0  0      |    0

* Bowl Game stats not included
Baseball
Batting Statistics
YEAR   AVG  GP  GS   AB  R   H   2B  3B  HR RBI  TB   SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB% SF SH  SB ATT
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1965  .286   9   7   28   5   8   0   0   1   6   11  .393   1   1   2      .333  0  0   0    
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Tot   .286   9   7   28   5   8   0   0   1   6   11  .393   1   1   2   0  .333  0  0   0   0
Baseball
Game Statistics
1965
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Apr 22 Duke                   8  .400  1 SS   5   1   2                2                      0           1
Apr 23 North Carolina State   8  .222  1 SS   4   0   0            0   0                      0           1
Apr 24 North Carolina         7  .167  1 SS   3   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr 30 Pensacola NAS          8  .313  1 SS   4   0   3            1   3                      0           1
May  1 Pensacola NAS          8  .300  1 SS   4   1   1            2   1                      0           3
May  7 Loyola-New Orleans     8  .273  1 SS   2   0   0            0   0                      0           1
May  8 Loyola-New Orleans     8  .280  1 3B   3   1   1        1   3   4                      0           2
May 10 Georgia Southern       8  .296  1 3B   2   2   1            0   1      1               0           1
May 11 Georgia Southern       8  .276  1 3B   2   0   0                0                      0           2
May 24 Pensacola NAS          6a .258  1      2   0   0            0   0                      0            
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                                 .258 10  9  31   5   8  0  0  1   6  11  0   1  0  0  0  0   0    0   0 12