| Allen Pitts | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | June 28, 1964 |
| Place of birth: | Tucson, Arizona |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | WR |
| Jersey №: | 18 |
| College: | Cal State Fullerton |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1990-2000 | Calgary Stampeders |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1991, 1992, 1994 1995, 1998, 1999 |
| Canadian Football Hall of Fame | |
Allen Pitts (born June 28, 1964 in Tucson, Arizona) was a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1990 to 2000. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA California State University Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the largest California State The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. The 1991 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 38th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 34th Canadian Football The 1992 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 39th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 35th Canadian Football The 1994 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 41st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 37th Canadian Football The 1995 Canadian Football League season is 87th in CFL history The 1998 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 45th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 41st Canadian Football The 1999 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 46th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 42nd Canadian Football Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in He attended Cal-State Fullerton and played his entire professional career as a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders. California State University Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the largest California State The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta.
Pitts holds many Stampeder records including most career touchdowns with 117, which at the time was also a CFL record, and the CFL All-Time receiving yards with 14,891. This is a list of Canadian Football League records. Italics indicate an active player He played in 5 Grey Cup games, and was instrumental in two Grey Cup victories in 1992 and 1998. The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team In 1992 Pitts became the second CFL player to have more than one season with at least 100 receptions, but the first player to do so in consecutive seasons. The year prior Pitts had 118 catches for 1764 yards and 15 touchdowns and then had 103 catches for 1591 yards and 13 touchdowns. Injuries in 1993 saw Pitts accumulate 45 receptions for 776 yards and 4 scores. However he had a monster year in 1994 with setting a new receiving yards record with 2036, a receptions record with 126, and a touchdown record with 21. The latter two have since been eclipsed by other players. The power of the Stampeder passing attack was proved in 1995 despite a serious injury to star quarterback Doug Flutie. Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback. The rise of Jeff Garcia saw the two combine for over 6000 yards, which gave Pitts 100 catches for 1492 yards and 11 touchdowns. This article is about the Tampa Bay football player For the comedian/voice actor see Jeff Garcia. Remarkably he was the team's second leading receiving, behind David Sapunjis (111-1653-12). David Sapunjis (born 1967 in Toronto Ontario) is a former wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders from 1990-1996 This marked the first time a CFL team two receivers with 100 or more receptions in the same season. Despite a very respectable season in 2000 with 77 catches for 1045 yards and six scores, the Stampeders chose to release the great receiver and he then chose to retire rather than play for another team.
At the time of his retirement, Pitts held the record for career receptions with 966 and has since been passed by Darren Flutie with 972 and by Terry Vaughn with 1006. Darren Paul Flutie (born on November 18, 1966 in Manchester Maryland) is a former Canadian football Wide receiver for the Terry Vaughn (born December 25, 1971 in Sumter South Carolina, United States is a former Canadian Football League Receiver Currently Pitts holds the record for most career receiving yardage with 14,891, and shares the record for most games in a season with 100 more yards at 11 with Terry Greer, Hal Patterson, and Joey Walters. Terry Greer (born September 27, 1957 in Memphis Tennessee) is a former professional American and Canadian football player who Harold "Prince Hal" Patterson (born 1931) is a former star American College basketball player at the University of Kansas, and a former Joey Walters (born October 29, 1954 in Florence South Carolina) is a former slotback and wide receiver who played eleven seasons in the Canadian He also holds the career record for plus 100 yard receiving games with 64.
Perhaps remarkably Pitts was the Stampeder nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award twice in his career. The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually rewarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The first in 1991, losing the division knowledgement to Doug Flutie who was then with the Lions. Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback. His second came in 1999 and was the runner-up to Danny McManus of the Tiger-Cats. Danny McManus (born June 17, 1965 in Hollywood, Florida) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback Being on a team that included over the years quarterbacks Doug Flutie, Jeff Garcia, and Dave Dickenson plus Kelvin Anderson at running back perhaps made just being the team's award nominee the more difficult.
He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2006. See also List of attractions in Hamilton Ontario The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a Not-for-profit corporation located Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He was enshrined on the Stampeders Wall of Fame in 2005, with the retirement of his jersey number 18. The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. In November, 2006, Allen Pitts was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#10) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network The Sports Network/TSN. The TSN Top 50 CFL Players was a list of the greatest fifty Canadian Football League players as selected by a panel of sixty former CFL players then-current and former coaches The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel and is Canada's leading
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