He played two seasons for the New York Giants (1942, 1946), in between which he served in the Army Air Force during World War II, and then played five seasons for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and their predecessor, winning the 1953 Grey Cup.

He and quarterback Frank Filchock were involved in a gambling scandal in 1946 in which they allegedly took bribes to fix the 1946 NFL Championship Game.

The Tigers merged with the crosstown rival Hamilton Wildcats to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1950 with the merged team taking the Wildcats' place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a forerunner of the modern Canadian Football League.

[1] Hapes returned to the States and worked in the Civil Service and the Department of Defence until 1982.

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