Lui Passaglia
Passaglia in 2001 | |||||||||||||
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| Positions | Placekicker • punter • wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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| Born | June 7, 1954 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||
| University | Simon Fraser | ||||||||||||
| CFL draft | 1976: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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| 1976–2000 | BC Lions | ||||||||||||
Director of Community Relations | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | BC Lions | ||||||||||||
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Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2004) | |||||||||||||
Lui Passaglia (born June 7, 1954) is a Canadian former professional football player. He was the placekicker/punter for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for a record-breaking 25 years from 1976 to 2000, and scored more points in that time than any professional gridiron football player in history. He is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, and the BC Lions Wall of Fame. Passaglia's #5 jersey is one of nine numbers retired by the Lions. In 2003, Passaglia was voted a member of the BC Lions All-Time Dream Team as part of the club's 50 year anniversary celebration. In 2006, Passaglia was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#30) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.