PLAYING CAREER
CALGARY STAMPEDERS   1958-1969

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE  1958, 1961
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE TACKLE  1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE TACKLE   1962, 1963, 1966
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD 1958
DeMARCO-BECKET MEMORIAL TROPHY  1958
SCOTT-MAMINI TROPHY (CALGARY’S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR) 1958

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1968

DON LUZZI, AN ALL-STAR AT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, WAS AN OUTSTANDING LINEMAN RIGHT FROM HIS ROOKIE YEAR. IN 1958 HE WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM AT BOTH THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE POSITIONS.

LUZZI’S VALUE TO THE SQUAD WAS EVIDENT WHEN HIS RETURN FROM AN INJURY MARKED THE END OF A CALGARY FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK DURING THE 1958 SEASON. DESPITE INJURIES IN 1959, 1964 AND 1969, LUZZI GAVE 100%.  HE HELPED THE STAMPEDERS IN THEIR 1964 VICTORY OVER SASKATCHEWAN IN THE CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS. DON LUZZI ALSO MADE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION IN THE 1969 PLAYOFFS.

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INDUCTED 1986 - PLAYER

Class of 1986 Hector (Hec) Crighton, John Helton, Roger Nelson, Jimmie Simpson