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2011 Celebrities*

Scott Coe

Scott Coe played most of his 7 year CFL pro career with the Calgary Stampeders. At 6'-3" this defensive linebacker was born in Winnipeg where he played at Kelvin High School & then for the University of Manitoba. He was drafted by Hamilton in 2002 and played for the Tiger-Cats for 2 seasons. After 4 years with Calgary he finished his career with the Eskimos. Always a major contributor on the field, Coe recorded career highs in defensive tackles, sacks, interceptions, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries during the 2004 season and semi-final playoff games. Scott is active in the amateur football community in Calgary.

Peter Dalla Riva (CFL Hall of Famer)

Peter played 14 seasons with the Montreal Alouettes from 1968 to 1981. This tight end led the team in receiving throughout five seasons and is the franchise's all-time leader in TD catches; 2nd in receptions and yardage; 3rd in TDs scored and 5th in scoring. His play earned him All-Star honours in 1972, 1975 and 1976 and All-Canadian honours in 1972, 1973 and 1975. He played in six Grey Cup games, winning three. The Montreal franchise retired his number 74 in 1981. Dalla Riva was elected to the CFL Hall of Fame in 1993.

Rocky DiPietro (CFL Hall of Famer)

Rocky DiPietro signed with the Tiger-Cats in 1978. During his 14 year career as a slotback and wide receiver, DiPietro became the CFL's all-time pass reception leader in 1989 and had a career total of 706 receptions for 9,762 yards and 45 touchdowns. Rocky retired in 1991 after starring in four Grey Cup games. He was named to the Tiger-Cat Walk of Fame in 1994, and inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 1997.

Terry Evanshen (CFL Hall of Famer)

Terry Evanshen, a sure-handed wide receiver, split end and flanker, spent 14 seasons with Montreal, Calgary, Hamilton and Toronto, catching 600 passes for 9,697 yards and 80 TDs. He twice won the Schenley as the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian, earned All-Conference Allstar honours six times and All-Canadian selection once. Evanshen was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984.

Herm Harrison (CFL Hall of Famer)

Herm Harrison was elected into the CFL Hall of Fame as a player on June 25, 1993. Harrison’s career spanned from 1964-1972 with the Calgary Stampeders and he was named the Western Conference Allstar Tight End six times, and All-Canadian three times. “Ham Hands” participated in three Grey Cups with the Stampeders, winning the last one in 1971.

Paul Masotti

Masotti was the Toronto Argonauts first pick and 15th overall in the 1988 CFL Canadian College Draft. Masotti, however, first signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and was one of the Redskins' final cuts. Masotti made his professional debut with the Argos on September 25, 1988.

Over his 12 seasons, all with the Argonauts, Masotti amassed four straight 1,000-yard seasons from 1994-1997, caught 556 passes for 8,772 yards (a club record that has since been broken by former teammate Derrell "Mookie" Mitchell) had 44 touchdowns and won three Grey Cup rings.

In the 1997 Grey Cup Masotti was named the Most Valuable Canadian Player leading the team with six receptions for 102 yards. Argos quarterback Doug Flutie, who won a new Chrysler truck as the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player, gave Masotti the prize in recognition of his accomplishments.

Following his retirement as an active player in 2000, a banner with Masotti's name and photograph was added to the list of All-Time Argonauts hanging from the rafters of the Rogers Centre.

Robert Mimbs

From 1986 to 1989, Mimbs had tryouts with the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and Phoenix Cardinals of the NFL. Mimb's stint with Phoenix included time as a replacement player during the strike in 1987. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Mimbs for the 1990 season after his release by Phoenix, and Mimbs had fantastic rookie season. In 1990, MImbs ran for 1341 yards and caught 71 passes for another 536 yards. Mimbs followed that up in 1991 with an even better season, rushing for 1769 yards rushing and 39 catches for 438 yards. Mimbs was named to the All-Canadian team both of those first two seasons, won the CFL rushing title in both seasons and was the runner-up for the Most Outstanding Player in 1991. Despite that incredible success, Mimbs was released just seven games into the 1992 season by the Bombers with just 392 yards on only 76 carries which was a far cry from the number of touches he got in his first two seasons.

The BC Lions picked up Mimbs as a free agent and he played 3 games for them in 1992 and just two games in 1993 before Mimbs was released for the second time. After sitting out the 1994 season, Mimbs tried to revive his career by signing with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in September of 1995. Playing in only six games as the season wound down, Mimbs showed signs of returning to his old form, running for 444 yards. In a full season in 1996, Mimbs showed he was back to his old form as he led the CFL in rushing for the third time in his career with 1403 yards. Mimbs also earned his third All-Canadian honour and was the Western nominee and eventual runner-up for the Most Outstanding Player in the CFL.

Time and perhaps injuries seemed to catch up to Mimbs in his final season in 1997 as he ran for 493 yards in just ten games. Mimbs finished his career with 6162 yards rushing.

Don Narcisse (CFL Hall of Famer)

A smaller player at 5'9" and 170 pounds, Narcisse was a master at short yardage plays, often in critical situations needing a 1st down. As a result of never being injured and giving strong on field performances, Don shared and held a few records. He had over 1000 receiving yards for 7 consecutive seasons from 1989-1995, including a career high 1419 yards in 1989. At the time of his retirement, he was 1st all-time in career receptions, 3rd in career receiving yards and tied for 1st with eight 1000+ yard seasons. Don holds the professional football record for most consecutive games with at least one reception in every game (216). He is considered one of the greatest players in Roughriders history and one of the leagues greatest receivers. He won a Grey Cup with the Riders in 1989 and reached the finals again in 1997. After spending his entire career with the Roughriders, Don retired at the conclusion of the 1999 season. In 2006, Don was among 185 players nominated for The TSN/CFL 50 Greatest Players list. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

Don was a popular and respected man due to his positive and warm nature towards fans, players and media. His community involvement became much appreciated throughout his career. His most well-known contribution was the "Catch For Kids" program on behalf of Kidsport Saskatchewan which began in 1998. The program has evolved to include a charity Saskatchewan Roughrider player calendar as well as a charity bowling event which today raises more than $100,000 annually for Kidsport.

Willie Pless (CFL Hall of Famer)

Willie Pless is the all-time leader in defensive tackles, an 11-time CFL Allstar, 9 time Western Allstar, 5 time winner of the Norm Fieldgate Trophy as Most Valuable Defensive Player - Western Division, and holds a record for winning the CFL's "Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award" five times. Pless was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Argonauts in 1986 and was traded to the BC Lions in 1990. He signed as a free agent with Edmonton in 1991 where he stayed until 1999, having many of his most memorable seasons with the Eskimos. He was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2005.

Willard Reaves

Willard Reaves was a star running back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1983 to 1988. He was the CFL Player of the Year in 1984 and was also a 4 time CFL Allstar. At 6’ , 230lbs he also played in the NFL for a total of 5 years; 2 years with the Green Bay Packers, 2 years with the Washingston Redskins and 1 year with the Miami Dolphins. Reaves retired from the NFL in 1990 and moved back to Winnipeg where he is a Sergeant with the Manitoba Sheriff Service. Reaves held the record for many years when he scored 3 touchdowns in one game in the NFL Hall of Fame Game in Dayton Ohio in 1988.

Bernard Robichaud (Actor / Writer)

Actor and writer Bernard Robichaud was born in Boston and now resides in Canada. He grew up playing hockey and basketball and is an avid golfer. He started his career as a model when he was 18 years old and had a lot of success for 3 years until 1981 when he met an agent in Toronto, Ont. who told him he was missing his calling and he should consider becoming an actor. On that advice he applied and was accepted to Dalhousie University in 1982 and studied in their Theatre Arts program. Soon afterward his voice coach Dorothy Ward (Stratford Festival, George Brown University) suggested he was wasting his time because of his natural ability to perform and offered her time and private tutelage which he took over the next 4 years. She was instrumental in getting him a position at Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a production assistant, working closely with award winning director Tom Kerr. In 1984 he was hired by Sudsy Clarke, to voice the characters in “In Becky’s Name”, a CBC radio drama. Bernard played both the roles of Robert and Becky. Award winning playwright Kent Stetson wrote to ACTRA on behalf of Bernard believing that anyone who could play a man and women on radio in their first professional performance deserved to be given their professional status. Bernard wrote his play Kitchen Sports in 1995, which portrays his life at home with his alcoholic father and was received with rave reviews. Spanning a career of 25 years Bernard has had numerous television and film credits and has worked with such Hollywood icons as James Caan and Kathy Bates. His most recent credits include the Trailer Park Boys 2008 Special and the new Trailer Park Boys feature film.

Rocco Romano (CFL Hall of Famer)

Rocco Romano spent 10 seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary picked him out of Concordia University 5th overall in the 1987 draft. As a guard, Romano was a divisional All-Star from 1992-1996 and was a CFL All-Star guard in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1996. He switched to tackle at the end of his career and was named to West and CFL All-Star teams in 1999. He played 14 postseason games and appeared in the 1992, 1995, 1998 and 1999 Grey Cup games with Calgary winning in 1992 and 1998. He was Calgary's outstanding offensive lineman in 1994, 1996 and 1999, earning laurels as West nominee in 1994 and 1996. He has been involved in Calgary community causes, including the recruitment of local businesses to purchase tickets that he distributed through Rocco's Kids. He was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2007.

Glen Scrivener

Glen played 12 yrs in the CFL for Saskatchewan, B.C. Edmonton, Winnipeg & Toronto. He was drafted in the 1st round with the 3rd pick overall by Saskatchewan in 1990. In '94 Glen won the Grey Cup as a member of the B.C. Lions all Canadian Defensive line defeating Baltimore in the 1st Canadian / U.S. Grey Cup game. Then in 1998 as a member of the Blue Bombers Glen was awarded the CFL's "Tom Pate - Man of the Year Award". This award is given out each year to 1 player in the CFL for his exceptional service to his team, league and community.

Pee Wee Smith

Pee Wee Smith played in the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders from 1990 to1997 as a wide reciever, punt returner and kick returner. At 6'-1" this colourful Stampeder was a perennial leader during his 7 years with the Stampeders. His biggest highlight was in 1991 when he caught a 67 yard catch from Danny Barrett that took the Stamps to the Grey Cup for the first time in 20 years. In 1992 Smith was instrumental in bringing a Grey Cup Championship to Calgary. During his post secondary years, Smith played for the University of Miami and Santa Monica Junior College where he is a member of their Hall of Fame.

Thomas Steen

Thomas Steen played for Sweden in 75 official games and won two silver medals at the 1981 World Championship in Gothenburg and at the 1986 World Championship in Moscow. He was instrumental in Sweden taking second place in the 1984 Canada Cup and is 128th on Sweden's list of "Great Men."

Steen played with the NHL's Winnipeg Jets for 14 seasons and was also team captain. While in the NHL, he played in 950 games and scored 264 goals. When he ended his career with the Jets in 1994, his number 25 jersey was raised in Winnipeg's hockey arena. Only one other Jets player before him had been so honoured—the legendary Bobby Hull.

* not all players listed play in every game

 

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