Another Tiger-Cat legend is going into the Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame.

Danny McManus, the only quarterback to lead the Ticats to a Grey Cup championship (1999) in the last 29 years will be honoured in early June by the high-profile Gridiron Greats group, which helps former NFL players who need assistance in their post-career lives.

Broadcaster and former coach and player Mike Ditka delivers the keynote message on GridironGreats.org, and points to the need to help a great number of former players who have encountered hardships after their playing days were done. According to the website, some 1,500 former players have received some sort of assistance.

In 2012, Angelo Mosca was the first ex-Ticat, and the first former CFL player, to be inducted into the Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame. Other CFL alumni since inducted include one-time Ticat Matt Dunigan, George Reed, Hugh Campbell, Ray Elgaard and Marv Levy.

Inductees are honoured not just for their careers but also for giving back to the game after they've stopped playing it.

McManus, now the assistant general manager of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, starred for Florida State and was the MVP of the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, and came north to the CFL in 1990. He played for the Ticats, Bombers, B.C. Lions, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders and won three Grey Cups. In 1999 he was the league's Most Outstanding Player and MVP of the Grey Cup.

His 53,255 career passing yards rank fourth all-time and in 2011 McManus was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

McManus will be inducted into the Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame on June 3 at the Silverton Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas. Tickets to the induction dinner are $250 each.

Joining McManus in the 2016 inductees are New York Jets legends Joe Namath and Don Maynard, and a trio of other NFL quarterbacks: Billy Kilmer, Daryl Lamonica and Dan Pastorini.