Wayne Harris

PLAYING CAREER
CALGARY STAMPEDERS   1961 - 1972

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN LINEBACKER   1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
ALL-CANADIAN LINEBACKER   1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971
DeMARCO-BECKETT MEMORIAL TROPHY  1966, 1971
CALGARY ATHLETE OF THE YEAR  1967

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1968, 1970, 1971
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM   1971


CARROLL (WAYNE) HARRIS, NICKNAMED "THE THUMPER" HAS WON NEARLY EVERY HONOUR AVAILABLE TO A LINEBACKER. HE PLAYED HIS ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITH CALGARY AFTER BEING AN EXCEPTIONAL COMPETITOR WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS.

WAYNE HARRIS WAS NOMINATED NINE TIMES FOR THE SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD AND TWICE FOR THE SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD. TWICE HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDER PRESIDENT'S AWARD, AND HIS JERSEY #55 WAS RETIRED IN 1973.

INDUCTED 1976 - PLAYER

Class of 1976 John Barrow, Chester McCance, Bob Simpson, Harry C.F. Spring