ANthony Calvillo

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Anthony calvillo
Anthony Calvillo is a Hall of Fame Canadian Football League quarterback who is currently the Offensive Coordinator for the Université de Montréal Carabins. He is the all-time professional football passing yards leader, first in all-time CFL passing with 79,816 yards, and is one of only a few professional quarterbacks to have passed for 400 touchdown passes. He won three Grey Cup championships in 2002, 2009, and 2010, and was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player in 2002. He won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player Award three times – in 2003, 2008, and 2009. Anthony was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2017. He continues his passion for football, working as a football coach and remains active in the community, supporting many charitable causes. He is a motivational speaker who shares his story to audiences across Canada.

1972

Born in East Los Angeles, California

1972

1976

Moved to La Puente, California

1976

1977

Started playing sports – basketball, football, baseball, track and field

1977

1985

Sparks Junior High – played all sports and tuba in school band

1985

1987 - 1990

La Puente High School – played 4 sports, made the varsity football team sophomore year

1987 - 1990

1990 - 1991

Mt. San Antonio Junior College – played quarterback for the Mt SAC Mounties

1990 - 1991

1992-1993

Signed with the Utah State Aggies, played in Las Vegas Bowl II, was named MVP 

1992-1993

1994

Las Vegas Posse, start of my career in professional football

1994

1995-1997

Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback

1995-1997

1998

Signed with the Montreal Alouettes

1998

1998-1999

Mentored by Tracy Ham

1998-1999

2000

Became starting quarterback for the Alouettes
2000

2002

Got married to Alexia, won the Grey Cup Championship in Edmonton and first Hole-In-One in the same year.

2002

2005

Birth of our first daughter, Athena 

2005

2007

Birth of our second daughter, Olivia. 

 Alexia was diagnosed and undergoes chemotherapy and radiation for non-Hodgkins lymphoma

2007

2009

Won the Grey Cup Championship in Calgary

2009

2010

Won the Grey Cup Championship in Edmonton

Diagnosed with thyroid cancer, undergoes surgery and treatment

2010

2011

Inducted into the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl Hall of Fame

2011

2013

August 17th, played the final game of my career

2013

2014

Officially retired from professional football

Inducted into Utah State Athletics Hall of Fame

2014

2015

Inducted into Mount SAC Hall of Fame

2015

2015-2017

Coach with the Montreal Alouettes

2015-2017

2017

Induction into CFL Hall of Fame.

2017

2018

Coach with the Toronto Argonauts

2018

2019-Present

Coach with the Université de Montréal Carabins football team 

2019-Present
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