“Being added to the Wall of Fame with my former teammate and alongside all of the best to have ever played for this franchise is an amazing honor and something I will look back on with pride…
I was grateful for everything that football has given me; I was able to play in front of all my friends, family and the people that helped me along the way. I am very lucky and will cherish this moment forever…”
via The Province (link above)Olafioye had this to add:
“This is an extremely humbling moment for me…I was proud to represent the Lions both on the field and in the community and will forever be grateful to (former Lions head coach and general manager) Wally Buono for giving me the chance to carve out a great career with a great and classy organization.”
via The Province (link above)
According to the same aforementioned piece at The Province, McCallum will be also placed into the prestigious Canadian Football Hall of Fame. That honor is to be bestowed upon him in September.
McCallum, a placekicker and punter, played for four CFL teams as well as the XFL. He even played soccer in his earlier days! He played for the BC Lions of course, but also for the now perished Ottawa Rough Riders, the Saskatchewan Roughriders (yes, for you young ones, there were two teams that went by that similar name back when penny candy existed and bell-bottom jeans had come back in style, or rather leg warmers…you know what I mean).
In the XFL he played for the Las Vegas
Outlaws.He retired the oldest player to still be playing…after making a triumphant return to the BC Lions after quite the extensive career as shown. He retired in 2016. It was funny because he signed a single day contract in order to retire officially as a BC Lion. He retired officially according to Wikipedia and stayed at that status until the final game of the 2016 season, and then that was it…an epic end to a very long football career for sure.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, yes the Motor City, Jovan Olafioye played his college ball at Grand Rapids Community College; it was there he made quite the impression of course. His pro football career would start with the BC Lions and it would later end with that very same team.
In the middle there, he had a run in th
e NFL playing for the St. Louis Rams and in the CFL once again he had a brief stint with the Montreal Alouettes in 2017. His return to BC came the following year…where it would be his final season. In 2012 he was named the CFL’s most outstanding offensive lineman.Thursday, July 21st is The Lions’ Salute To Service Game
And it will be next week, when after this week off, the Lions will take on the Ti-Cats at 10 PM EST.
But the game will be dedicated to the Canadian armed service men and women who will be in attendance at the game.
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