The Hamilton Steelers were a charter member of the newly formed Canadian Soccer League (CSL) and were locally owned by Mario DiBartolomeo. The club played mainly out of Brian Timmis Stadium

Brian Timmis Stadium

Brian Timmis Stadium is a stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. The stadium was built in 1968, and seats 5,000 people. The stadium currently hosts association football teams Hamilton Croatia, a Canadian Soccer League club, and the Hamilton Avalanche, a club that plays in the W-League of the United Soccer...

 (Cap. 5,000) adjacent to Ivor Wynne Stadium

Ivor Wynne Stadium

Ivor Wynne Stadium is a Canadian football stadium located at the corner of Balsam and Beechwood Avenues, two blocks west of Gage Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

.Coaches for the opening CSL season were Kevin Grant, Jimmy Young and John Charles. Key members of the Steelers in 1987 were M Jerry Adzic

Željko Adžic

Željko Adžić is a former Croatian footballer.He played one game internationally for Croatia against Ukraine on June 26, 1993 scoring at Maksimir Stadium. He won the Prva HNL with HAŠK Građanski in 1993. While playing with Melbourne Croatia he won the Johnny Warren Medal.-External links:*...

 and F Alex Bunbury

Alex Bunbury

Alexander "Alex" Bunbury is a former Canadian professional footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers in Canada, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra.In 1993,...

. The Steelers were runners-up in the first four years of the league's existence as they finished the regular season first in the league's East Division the first two years.

Notable players

Zeljko Adzic

Željko Adžic

Željko Adžić is a former Croatian footballer.He played one game internationally for Croatia against Ukraine on June 26, 1993 scoring at Maksimir Stadium. He won the Prva HNL with HAŠK Građanski in 1993. While playing with Melbourne Croatia he won the Johnny Warren Medal.-External links:*...

 Geoff Aunger

Geoff Aunger

Geoffrey Edward Ramer Aunger is a former Major League Soccer player and Canadian national soccer team member.-Club career:...

 Alex Bunbury

Alex Bunbury

Alexander "Alex" Bunbury is a former Canadian professional footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers in Canada, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra.In 1993,...

 Drew Ferguson

Drew Ferguson

Drew Ferguson is a former Canadian soccer player born November 9, 1957 in Powell River, B.C..-Club career:Ferguson received initial attention during the 1977 Canada Games where he scored in the final championship game...

 Iain Fraser Gerry Gray

Gerry Gray

Gerard "Gerry" Gray is a former Canadian national soccer team player who is currently the head coach of Tacoma F.C..-Club career:...

 Paul James Tino Lettieri

Tino Lettieri

Martino "Tino" Lettieri is a former NASL and MISL professional soccer goalkeeper, who represented Canada twice at the Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:...

   Colin Miller (1988 - 1990) Stevie Gill Mark Watson

Mark Watson

Mark Stewart Watson is a professional soccer player who has earned the second most caps in the history of the Canadian national team.-Playing career:...

 Dino Perri Scott Bell Lucio Ianeiro Billy Domazetis Brian Rosenfeld John DiPasquale Miroslav Jelić John Charles

John Charles

William John Charles, CBE , commonly known as John Charles, was a Welsh international footballer best remembered for spells with Leeds United and Juventus. Rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Wales, he was equally adept at centre-forward or centre-back...

1991 Roster

18-August-1991
from 1991 Team Program.

External links

• The Official Site of the Canadian Soccer Association