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1987 BC Lions Season
The 1987 CFL season, 1987 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final. Offseason CFL Draft Preseason Regular season Season standings Season schedule Awards and records *CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Stumon (DE) 1987 CFL All-Stars *WR – Jim Sandusky, CFL All-Star *DE – Greg Stumon, CFL All-Star *LB – Kevin Konar, CFL All-Star *DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star Playoffs West Final References BC Lions seasons 1987 Canadian Football League season by team 1987 in British Columbia 1987 in sports in British Columbia {{Canadianfootball-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Ottawa Rough Riders Season
The 1987 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to qualify for the post-season. Offseason CFL Draft Preseason Regular season Standings Schedule Awards and honours CFL Awards *None CFL All-Stars *None References {{DEFAULTSORT:1987 Ottawa Rough Riders Season Ottawa Rough Riders seasons 1987 Canadian Football League season by team 1987 in sports in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The Elks were founded in 1949 as the Edmonton Eskimos and have won the Grey Cup championship fourteen times (including a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982), most recently in 2015 and the most of any CFL club based in Western Canada. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders. The team discontinued using the ''Eskimos'' name in 2020, with the new name ''Elks'' formally announced on June 1, 2021. Ownership The Edmonton Elks were a "community owned" team (owned by local shareholders) since their inception in 1949 to midway through the 2024 season. Edmonton Elks Football Team, Inc., was governed by a ten-member board of directors. The board consisted of a chairman, treasurer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Crawford
Larry Crawford (born December 18, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was a CFL All-Star four times and was a part of the BC Lions' Grey Cup championship team in 1985. Early life Crawford is a graduate of Miami Palmetto High School. College career Crawford played college football at the Iowa State University. Professional career Crawford played in the Canadian Football League for nine years and in 134 games. He played defensive back for the BC Lions from 1981 to 1989 and for the Toronto Argonauts in 1989. He was named a Division All-Star in each season between 1983 and 1987 and was a CFL All-Star four times. Upon his retirement, he ranked second all-time in punt return yards with 4,159 and fifth all-time in interceptions with 52. Crawford was announced as a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame 2023 class on March 16, 2023. Coaching career Crawford is the defensive back and wide re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Konar
Kevin Konar (born July 8, 1958) is a Canadian former professional football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After playing his university football with the University of British Columbia, Konar played play 10 years with the Lions, from 1980 to 1989, and three Grey Cups (1983, 1985 and 1988) and one championship (in 1985). He was inducted into the BC Lions Wall of Fame in 2008. He was a CFL All Star two times. He currently works as an Investment Advisor at RBC.https://ca.rbcwealthmanagement.com/web/kevin.konar/meet-the-team His son, Adam Konar Adam Konar (born October 10, 1993) is a Canadian professional football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was originally drafted 25th overall in the 2015 CFL Draft by the Edmonton Eskimos and played for six no ..., also plays in the CFL. References BC Lions players Canadian football linebackers Canadian football people from Vancouver UBC Thunderbirds football p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sandusky
Jim Sandusky (born September 9, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. In a 12-year career from 1984 to 1996, he caught 586 passes for 9,737 yards and 69 touchdowns. Sandusky played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and San Diego State University. With the UNLV Rebels, he led the nation in receiving with 68 receptions for 1,346 yards in his junior year. After a coaching change, he transferred schools and redshirted a year. As a senior with the San Diego State Aztecs in 1983, he caught 69 passes for 1,179 yards, and was named a third-team All-American by the Gannett News Service and Football News, and received honorable mention from the Associated Press. He earned first-team all-conference honors in the Western Athletic Conference as both a receiver and a punt returner. He was the most valuable player of the 1984 Hula Bowl. The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stumon
Greg Stumon (born May 26, 1963) is a former award-winning defensive end and linebacker who played the Canadian Football League. A native of Plain Dealing, Louisiana, he attended the Southern Arkansas University, and was inducted into that school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He began his CFL career with the BC Lions in 1986, playing until 1988. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 1987. He made the 1987 all-star team as a defensive end and the 1988 all-star team as an outside linebacker. After one season with the Edmonton Eskimos (1989) he moved on to the Ottawa Rough Riders (1990–92) where he made the 1990 all-star team as a defensive end. He later played with the expansion Shreveport Pirates for 1994 and 1995. He trialled with the Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award
The Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award is annually awarded to the best defensive player in the Canadian football League. The winner of the award is selected by members of the Football Reporters of Canada along with the head coaches in the CFL. The two nominees for the award are the James P. McCaffrey Trophy winner from the East Division, and the Norm Fieldgate Trophy winner from the West Division. Between 1955 and 1973, both defensive players and offensive lineman had to compete for the CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award. By the 1974 season, the league decided to make two separate awards for both defensive players and offensive lineman. CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award winners *2024 – Rolan Milligan (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders *2023 – Mathieu Betts (DE), BC Lions *2022 – Lorenzo Mauldin (DE), Ottawa Redblacks *2021 – Adam Bighill (LB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers *2020 – ''season cancelled - covid 19'' *2019 - Willie Jefferson (DE), Winnipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air, multi-purpose stadium located in the McCauley, Edmonton, McCauley neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity of 56,302, making it the largest open-air stadium in Canada. Primarily used for Canadian football, it also hosts athletics (sport), athletics, soccer, rugby union and concerts. Construction commenced in 1975 and the venue opened ahead of the 1978 Commonwealth Games, hence its name. The stadium replaced the adjacent Clarke Stadium as the home of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League that same year. It received a major expansion ahead of the 1983 Summer Universiade, when it reached a capacity of 60,081. Commonwealth Stadium has hosted five Grey Cups, the CFL's championship game. Soccer tournaments include nine FIFA World Cup qualification matches with the Canada men's national soccer team, Canadian men's national soccer team, two versions of the invitational Canada Cup (soccer), Canada Cup, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhibition Stadium
Canadian National Exhibition Stadium (commonly known as Exhibition Stadium or CNE Stadium and nicknamed The Ex) was a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the grounds of Exhibition Place. Originally built for Canadian National Exhibition events, the stadium served as the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1959 CFL season, 1959 to 1988 CFL season, 1988, the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 Major League Baseball season, 1977 to 1989 Major League Baseball season, 1989, and the Toronto Blizzard (1971–84), Toronto Blizzard of the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1979 North American Soccer League season, 1979 to 1983 North American Soccer League season, 1983. The stadium hosted the Grey Cup game 12 times over a 24-year period. The grandstand (known as CNE Grandstand) was used extensively throughout the summer months for hosting concerts. In 1999, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Field (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Taylor Field, known in its latter years as Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field for sponsorship reasons, was an open-air stadium located in Regina, Saskatchewan. It was the home field of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1936 until 2016, although a playing field existed at the site as early as 1910 and the team began playing there as early as 1921. Originally designed primarily to house baseball (with football being a secondary consideration) the stadium was converted to a football-only facility in 1966. Taylor Field was also the home field for the University of Regina Rams, who play in U Sports' Canada West conference, the Regina Thunder, who play in the Canadian Junior Football League; and the Regina Riot of the Western Women's Canadian Football League. The field was also used to play high school football. It was owned and managed by the city of Regina. The field featured artificial turf and, as of 2012, a seating capacity of 32,848. The stadium closed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Clair Stadium
TD Place Stadium (originally Lansdowne Park and formerly Frank Clair Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Lansdowne Park, on the southern edge of The Glebe neighbourhood, where Bank Street crosses the Rideau Canal. It is the home of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL), Atlético Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), Ottawa Rapid FC of the Northern Super League (NSL), and the Ottawa Gee-Gees football team of Ontario University Athletics (OUA), which represent the University of Ottawa. The playing field has existed since the 1870s, and the complete stadium since 1908. The stadium has been host to FIFA tournaments, Summer Olympic Games, and seven Grey Cups. History The playing field, part of the Ottawa Exposition Grounds, was first cleared in the 1870s. It was used for equestrian events, lacrosse and rugby football. The first permanent grandstand was built on the north side of the playing field in 1908. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
