Luigi "Lou Little" Piccirilli December 6, 1891 – May 28, 1979) was an American football player and coach born in Boston, Massachusetts. After Lou's birth, his father changed his family name to "Little", translating the Italian family name and moved his family to Leominster in 1896. Little played football at Leominster High School where he was the team captain in 1910, his senior season. The 1910 team, led by Little’s stellar play, was Leominster’s first undefeated football team. Little went on to play one postgraduate season for the Worcester Academy Hilltoppers in 1911 before returning to coach his alma mater Leominster High School for one season in 1912. He served as the head coach at Georgetown College, now Georgetown University, from 1924 to 1929 and at Columbia University from 1930 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 151–128–13. Little played college football as a tackle at the University of Pennsylvania for the 1916 and 1919 seasons and then with the professional football team the Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1920 to 1923. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1960. He appeared as Lu Libble in Jack Kerouac's novel Maggie Cassidy, a fictionalized account of Kerouac's early life.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup.
The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling.
Al "Dirt" Wilson is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League BC Lions. Wilson spent his entire 15-year career with the Lions as an offensive lineman. Wilson played American college football at Montana State University. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, the B.C. Lions Wall of Fame, and has a street named in his honor, "Al Wilson Grove," in his hometown of Duncan. Wilson's #52 jersey is one of eight numbers retired by the B.C. Lions. In 2003, Wilson was voted a member of the B.C. Lions All-Time Dream Team as part of the club's 50th anniversary celebration. In 2006, Wilson was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
The Columbia Lions football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Columbia University. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ivy League. The Columbia football team is the third oldest college football program in the United States: Columbia played Rutgers University in the fourth college football game, on November 12, 1870, in New Jersey. It was the first interstate football game. The first three college football games were played between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869 and 1870. Columbia plays its home games at the 17,000-seat Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Inwood, Manhattan, the northernmost neighborhood on Manhattan island.
The 1971 CFL Draft composed of nine rounds where 70 Canadian football players that were chosen exclusively from eligible Canadian universities. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, despite being Western Conference finalists, had the first overall selection through a trade with the last place Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The 1980 CFL Draft composed of seven rounds where 80 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions, with all nine teams making at least one selection in this stage of the draft.
The 1983 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where over 72 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. A total of nine players were selected as territorial exemptions, with every team but Montreal making at least one selection during this stage of the draft.
James Ray Jones was an American football defensive back who played one season with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 1958 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Washington. Jones was also a member of the BC Lions and Oakland Raiders.
The 1930 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1930 college football season. The team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 141 to 138, with four shutouts. The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.
The 1935 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 115 to 86. The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.
The 1940 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1945 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 81 to 72.
The 1929 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents 160 to 111. The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.
The 1925 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents 288 to 55, with five shutouts. The team played its home games at Baker Field and the Polo Grounds, both located in Upper Manhattan.
The 1944 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1944 college football season.
The 1977 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Columbia tied for last place in the Ivy League.
The 1986 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.
The 1988 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia ended a five-year losing streak with two wins, and tied for next-to-last in the Ivy League.
The 1996 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished second in the Ivy League.
Aidan Hutchinson is an American football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan, where he won several awards as a senior in 2021, such as the Ted Hendricks and Lombardi Awards, as well as being named a unanimous All-American and a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Hutchinson was selected second overall by the Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft.
