Paul McCallum (born January 7, 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional Canadian football player currently playing as a placekicker and punter for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) Placekicker, or simply kicker ( PK or K) is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the A punter ( P) in American or Canadian football is a Special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in

McCallum played junior football with the Surrey Rams of the Canadian Junior Football League. The Canadian Junior Football League is a national amateur Canadian football league consisting of 18 teams playing in six provinces across Canada He then travelled to Scotland to play professional soccer in the Scottish Third Division (his cousin, Brian O'Neill, is also a professional soccer player). Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. History The Scottish Football League has introduced a third division on three occasions Brian Francis O'Neill (born January 25 1929 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former executive within the National Hockey League. In 1993 he returned to Canada and signed as a free agent with the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the After being released, he had numerous short stints with the Ottawa Rough Riders, BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders through until 1996, when he departed for Scotland again. The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa Ontario, founded in 1876 This time he was hired as the punter/placekicker for the Scottish Claymores of the World League, and was with the team when they won World Bowl '96. The Scottish Claymores ( Scotland in Box scores were an American football team from Scotland. NFL Europa was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. The World Bowl was the American football Championship game of NFL Europa, similar to the Super Bowl of the National Football League.

He then returned to Canada to play for the Roughriders again, and in the 1997 season he was their starting placekicker and punter for all 18 games. He played for Saskatchewan from 1997-2004, and additionally was the Las Vegas Outlaws' kicker during the XFL's only season in 2001. The Las Vegas Outlaws were an American Football team in the short-lived XFL in the Western Division with the Los Angeles Xtreme, San Francisco Demons The XFL was a professional American football league that played for one season in 2001

In the 2004 CFL playoffs McCallum missed a crucial 18 yard field goal in an overtime game against the BC Lions. The Roughriders went on to lose the game, and outraged fans vandalized McCallum's northwest Regina home with eggs, dumped manure on his neighbour's property, and uttered death threats to his family. The incident made national news, and the football club and Regina's mayor Pat Fiacco both denounced the vandalism as an "isolated incident" of "hooliganism. " On the comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Shaun Majumder (playing a Roughriders GM) apologized for calling McCallum "a bum who could be outkicked by a goat missing a leg". This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian Television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Shaun Majumder (born January 29, 1972) is a Canadian Comedian and Actor.

As of 2006 McCallum currently holds the record for the longest field goal kicked in the CFL. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This is a list of Canadian Football League records. Italics indicate an active player He booted a wind-aided 62 yard field goal against the Edmonton Eskimos on October 27, 2001 in a 12-3 victory at Taylor Field. The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton Alberta. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. [1]

In February 2006, He signed a two year contract with the BC Lions after declining to take a 30% paycut from the Roughriders. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

He tied the record for most field goals in a Grey Cup when he kicked six in six attempts in the 94th Grey Cup on 19 November 2006. 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 Grey Cup Festivities The Grey Cup Festival consisted of four nights of entertainment at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, special events at the brand-new Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian for his efforts. The Dick Suderman Trophy for the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian is awarded annually to the Canadian-born player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup

Preceded by Mike Maurer

Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian 2006

Succeeded by Andy Fantuz

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