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 fifth oldest active franchise in the CFL. The Stampeders were officially founded in 1945, although there were clubs operating in Calgary since the 1890s.
John Forzani was a Canadian businessman, former Canadian Football League (CFL) player, and CFL team owner. He was the chairman and co-founder of FGL Sports.
The 1971 CFL season is considered to be the 18th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 14th Canadian Football League season.
The 1967 CFL season was the tenth Canadian Football League season, and the 14th season in modern-day Canadian football.
Allen Pitts is a former receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1990 to 2000. He attended Cal-State Fullerton and played his entire professional career as a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders. He retired as the CFL's all-time leading receiver in term of career yardage until he was passed by Milt Stegall in 2008.
Calvin Jack Jones was an American professional football guard. Jones played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and he is one of only two players to have his jersey number retired by the school. Jones became the first Hawkeye and the first African-American, to win the Outland Trophy in 1955. He played one year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He died in a plane crash after playing in the East–West All-Star Game.
Carroll Wayne Harris was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1961 through 1972. His son, Wayne Harris, Jr., coaches football and also played for the Stampeders of the CFL.
Jerry Keeling was a quarterback and defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL), playing fifteen seasons from 1961 to 1975 for the Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Rough Riders, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. For his great play, he became a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Don Paul "Suds" Sutherin was a Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL) defensive back and placekicker. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1992).
Frank William Kuchta was an American gridiron football center and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He was also among the players of the inaugural Denver Broncos team in the American Football League (AFL).
Jack "Jocko" Gotta was an American-born Canadian professional football player, coach, and general manager.
Herman Austin "Ham Hands" Harrison was a tight end with the Calgary Stampeders from 1964 to 1972.
The Harrisburg Stampede are a professional indoor football team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stampede participated in several different leagues over their history: the American Indoor Football Association in 2009 and 2010, the Southern Indoor Football League in 2011, American Indoor Football in 2012 and 2013, and the Professional Indoor Football League in what became their final season of play in 2014. The team suspended operations on December 30, 2014. In 2024, the team returned to play in the American Indoor Football league.
The 1968 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup where they lost to the Ottawa Rough Riders.
The 1971 Calgary Stampeders season was the 14th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 27th overall. The team finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the franchise's second Grey Cup title with a 14–11 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in the 59th Grey Cup game.
John Senst is a former award-winning and Grey Cup champion flanker who played in the Canadian Football League from 1970 to 1973.
Dave Cranmer is a former award-winning halfback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1968 to 1973.
John B. Atamian was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders. He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1965 and with the Stampeders in 1971. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Frank Beltre-Montilla is a Dominican-born former football defensive lineman. He played college football at Towson University. He has also been a member of the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) and the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.
Rogers Lehew was an American and Canadian football executive. He served as the general manager of the Calgary Stampeders from 1965 to 1974. He went on to become vice president and assistant general manager of the Detroit Lions.
