It’s five o’clock in the morning, and the hardest–working reporter in the Canadian Football League is still pounding away on his old Radio Shack 100. The Saskatchewan Roughriders had just won only their 2nd Grey Cup, and the Regina Leader-Post wants to know everything...
For over 25 years, Allan (Al) Maki has covered the Canadian Football League in loving detail, with a keen eye for news punctuated with his wonderful turn of phrase. First as a Stampeders beat writer and columnist with the Calgary Herald, then later as a columnist with...
Victor Spencer interest in football began during his years at Toronto’s Upper Canada College, where he captained the first team in 1942. After the war, he played senior football in Vancouver (Merloma), and with the Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union...
Henry Williams attended East Carolina University and played briefly with the United States Football League (USFL) Memphis Showboats before joining the Edmonton Eskimos in 1986. His skills caused the CFL to create a ‘designated import’ spot on each team’s roster to...
Product of Cal State-Fullerton, Allen Pitts joined the Calgary Stampeders in 1990. He spent his entire career with the Stampeders, with whom he appeared in five Grey Cup games, winning two. Tall and powerful, Pitts was a deep threat who rarely dropped a pass. Through...
