Eugene Belliveau (born May 30, 1958) is a former
Canadian football
Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...
defensive lineman
In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...
.
Belliveau was born in
Clarke City, Quebec
Clarke City, called Paushtiku in the Innu language, is a community in the City of Sept-Îles, in the Quebec region of Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, aft ...
. He played
college football at
St. Francis Xavier University
St. Francis Xavier University is a public undergraduate liberal arts university located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a member of the Maple League, a group of primarily undergraduate universities in Eastern Canada.
History
St. Fra ...
and played ten seasons in the
Canadian Football League
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for the
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...
and the
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third ...
.
1958 births
Living people
Players of Canadian football from Quebec
Canadian football defensive linemen
Canadian people of Acadian descent
Calgary Stampeders players
French Quebecers
Montreal Alouettes players
Montreal Concordes players
People from Sept-Îles, Quebec
St. Francis Xavier University alumni
St. Francis Xavier X-Men football players
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