Canadian Football League quarterback Buck Pierce was born in Gasquet, and went to school in nearby Crescent City.
The Man Who Lost Himself, depicting CFL Hall of Famer Terry Evanshen who lost all memory of his previous life in a horrific car crash
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Despite being drafted by the National Football League, Condredge Holloway opted to play in the Canadian Football League.
The 1978 Kansas City Chiefs season began with the hiring of new head coach Marv Levy, formerly of the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes.
Harvey was also briefly the mascot of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, but would later be replaced by the Stamps with their own mascot, Ralph the Dog.
Furthermore, until the end of the 2008 season the Canadian Football League rulebooks dictated that a designated quarterback must take all snaps, which made the two-quarterback system used by the A-11 (as well as offenses such as the Wildcat) illegal in the CFL.
On June 3, 2008, Serna signed a contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and was the team's starting kicker, replacing Troy Westwood.
Arland Richard Bruce III (born November 23, 1977 in Olathe, Kansas) is a Canadian football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Bennie Goods (born February 28, 1968 in Pattison, Mississippi) was a Canadian Football League defensive tackle who played eleven seasons for two different teams.
Cedric Minter, CFL & NFL running back, high school principal, class of 1977
Brandon Alan Boudreaux (born June 26, 1989 in Auburn, Alabama) is a professional Canadian football defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.
Louie Sakoda - Class of 2005 - professional placekicker and punter for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
Kent Austin, former Ole Miss and NFL, CFL quarterback, current head coach at Cornell University
On July 4, 2006, Washburn signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and played in six regular season games for them during the 2006 CFL season, all of them as a starting tackle.
CSS also broadcasts the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, Major League Lacrosse, Southern League and South Atlantic League Minor League baseball, and previously broadcast the Arena Football League's Georgia Force, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm, and some CFL contests.
A number of ex-players and coaches have gone onto other roles within American Football notably Marcel Bellefeuille, who is the current Head Football Coach at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League, Ian Ellis, who is the current Head Football Coach at the Farnham Knights, and also Malcolm Bamsey and Gus Romain who are currently on the coaching staff of the Sussex Thunder.
His brother Primo Villanueva was one of the first Hispanic surnamed players in the Canadian Football League.
He played two seasons in Green Bay and one season for the Philadelphia Eagles before playing a final season in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders in 1955.
Harrison is the grandson of former Outland Trophy winner and CFL offensive lineman Cal Jones, who was one of five players from the 1956 East-West All-Star Game killed when their Vancouver to Calgary plane, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, crashed into Slesse Mountain, killing all 62 people aboard.
Greg Stumon (born May 26, 1963 in Plain Dealing, Louisiana) was an award winning defensive end and linebacker in the Canadian Football League.
Canadian Football League commissioner Mark Cohon, Premier Greg Selinger, David Asper, and Mayor Sam Katz and U of M President David Barnard officially broke ground at the site on May 20, 2010.
Kemp is the son of late former NFL quarterback and American politician Jack Kemp and brother of former Canadian Football League quarterback Jimmy Kemp.
On October 10, 2009, Ito was added to the practice roster of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.
After a tour as an assistant coach in the NCAA at Yale University, Miami University, University of Kentucky and for the NFL’s New York Giants and Houston Oilers, the Painesville native was hired as Head Coach and General Manager of the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League by then owner George Allen.
He was a long-time coach in the Canadian Football League, who last served as a head coach in the CFL for the Ottawa Renegades from 2002–2005 and then offensive coordinator of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2006.
Julian Feoli-Gudino (born June 22, 1987, in San José, Costa Rica) is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.
His brother, Dave Kirzinger, played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League from 1978 to 1986.
Keyuo Boderek Craver (born August 22, 1980 in Dallas, Texas) is an American football defensive back currently playing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, who signed Craver as a free agent on March 5, 2009.
Sheets holds the professional football (NFL and CFL) number two spot for the most yards gained in a championship game, second only to Timmy Smith who gained 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988.
Leslie Lear (born on August 22, 1918 in Grafton, North Dakota; died January 5, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) was a National Football League and Canadian Football League player and coach as well as an owner and trainer of Thoroughbred race horses.
However, when Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced that no U.S.-based professional football league would be allowed in Canada in competition with the Canadian Football League under the Canadian Football Act, a change in venue and nickname was announced.
Known for his intimidating stature, Taliferro was signed by the Washington Redskins in 1984, followed by two seasons in the USFL with the Denver Gold in 1985 and the Arizona Outlaws in 1986, finishing his career with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League the following year.
He is the son of former Canadian Football League (CFL) and USFL player Alvin Burleson and the younger brother of former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Kevin Burleson.
Nathan Lee Bussey (born February 20, 1989) is an American football linebacker who is currently a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.
Orenthial James Brigance (born September 29, 1969 in Houston, Texas) is a former football player in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League.
Graves played in the Canadian Football League after he graduated from college, playing two seasons as a running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, from 1980 to 1982.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League have version of the Oski Yell, originally created by Vince Wirtz in the early 1920s.
On April 4, 2006, Carter was signed by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League to a one-year contract with an option for 2007 only to be released by the team the following month.
Under Fichtner's tutelage, current CFL quarterback Cleo Lemon flourished, setting numerous school records for passing and total offense.
Getzlaf started skating at the age of four and grew up playing numerous sports with his older brother Chris, who is a slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
In 2007, Phillips led the CFL with 12 interceptions, tying a team record held by former Lions defensive back, Larry Crawford, in the process.
Solomon Elimimian (born October 21, 1986 in Calabar, Nigeria) is a Canadian football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
Normal programming on SWX Right Now includes 4-minute weather briefs called "The Weather Authority" and sports segments titled "Sports Right Now." Live event programming includes local sports as well as select programming from America One (including CFL Football).
Thomas Timothy Manastersky (March 7, 1929 – March 11, 2012) was a Grey Cup Champion Canadian Football League halfback and the youngest to ever play in the CFL.
As part of TSN's television contract extension with the Canadian Football League, TSN Radio also owns the radio broadcast rights to the Grey Cup from 2013 to 2018.
Andrew Greene (born 1969), Canadian Football League offensive tackle
Billy Joe Booth (1940–1972), Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League
His brother, Phil Kessel, plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL), his sister Amanda Kessel plays for the United States women's national ice hockey team, his father played football for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, and his cousin, David Moss, plays for the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL).
Kwame Cavil (born 1979), Canadian Football League wide receiver
Commonwealth is also the home of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos.
The Memorial Stadium was discontinued by the Colts when they moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and only briefly afterwards used by several other teams such as the Canadian Football League's Baltimore Stallions and the transferred NFL franchise Baltimore Ravens from Cleveland in 1996 to 1998 and also by the Orioles when Oriole Park at Camden Yards was built in 1992.
Danny Barrett (born 1961), former Canadian Football League quarterback
Such is the case of Canadian Football League linebacker Tyrone Jones, whose teratoma was discovered when he blew a tooth out of his nose.
He has contributed to the Pro Football Encyclopedia, the PGA Tour Media Guide, the Archives of the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Association for Professional Basketball Research, the American Soccer History Archives, the Canadian Football League Record Book, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Rochester Public Library, and the Rochester Museum and Science Center among others.
Jim Evenson, running back who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League
Dan Ferrone (born April 3, 1958, in Oakville, Ontario) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 1981 to 1992.
50th Grey Cup, the 1962 Canadian Football League Championship Game won by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Patrick Kabongo (born June 27, 1979 in Kinshasa, Zaire), an offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
Kendial Lawrence (born April 13, 1991) is an American football running back who is currently playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.
Mark Cohon (born 1966), Canadian Football League's 12th Commissioner
Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan, the home field of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League
Also killed was Charles Stone of Montreal, a former co-owner of the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Montreal Alouettes; his death occurred during the CFL's Grey Cup week in Vancouver.
Canadian Football League West Division, one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League