PLAYING CAREER
MONTREAL ALOUETTES   1952 – 1960

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN QUARTERBACK   1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957,1960
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD 1954
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY  1954,1958

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970(COACH)
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM 1970 (COACH)

FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, SAM "THE RIFLE" ETCHEVERRY WAS RECRUITED BY DOUGLAS "PEAHEAD" WALKER.

BEGINNING IN 1952, AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE 1960 SEASON, SAM COMPLETED 1,944 PASSES FOR 30,435 YARDS, AND THREW 183 TOUCHDOWN PASSES. HIS LONGEST COMPLETED PASS OF 109 YARDS WAS TO HAL PATTERSON IN A GAME AGAINST HAMILTON SEPTEMBER 22, 1956. DURING SINGLE GAMES IN 1954 AND 1956, SAM PASSED FOR 586 YARDS AND 561 YARDS RESPECTIVELY. TWICE HE THREW SIX TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN ONE GAME, AND HE WAS THE COUNTRY'S PASS COMPLETION AND PASSING YARDAGE LEADER FROM 1954 THROUGH 1959. SAM WAS MONTREAL'S NOMINEE FOR THE OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD FIVE TIMES.

INDUCTED 1969 - PLAYER

Class of 1969 Arthur U. Chipman, Dr. Andrew P. Davies, Abe Eliowitz, Normie Kwong, Art Stevenson