Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award
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The Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award was first awarded in 2006. It is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated great leadership and made significant contributions to the Canadian Football League. This award has not been given out each year since it was created. It is awarded to honour Hugh Campbell's years of service to Canadian football as a player, coach, and executive.[1]
Award winners
[edit]- 2006 - Hugh Campbell, Edmonton Eskimos
- 2007 - Bob Ackles - British Columbia Lions[2]
- 2008 - not awarded
- 2009 - Stan Schwartz, Calgary Stampeders[3]
- 2010 - Tony Proudfoot - Montreal Alouettes[4]
- 2011 - Rick LeLacheur[5]
- 2012 - Brian Williams – CBC and TSN broadcaster
- 2013 - not awarded
- 2014 - Jim Hopson - Saskatchewan Roughriders[6]
- 2015 - Bob Irving - voice of Winnipeg Blue Bombers[7]
- 2016 - Norman Kwong - first Asian born CFL player with Calgary & Edmonton winning 4 Grey Cups
- 2017 - Paul Graham - Vice-president and executive producer of The Sports Network[8]
- 2018 - Wally Buono - Head Coach and General Manager of Calgary Stampeders (1990-2002) and BC Lions (2003-2018)
- 2019 - John Hufnagel - Calgary Stampeders
- 2020 – season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- 2021 - Dr. Bob McCormack & Dr. Dhiren Naidu — the CFL's Chief Medical Officers[9]
- 2022 - Rick LeLacheur, President of the BC Lions[5]
- 2023 - George Hopkins, Calgary Stampeders equipment manager[10]
- 2024 - Stephen Shamie
References
[edit]- ^ "Best in Class: Ottawa shines at Shaw CFL Awards". cfl.ca. HUGH CAMPBELL DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD. November 26, 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Ackles Picks Up Hugh Campbell Award". bclions.com. November 27, 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Stan Schwartz". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Zurkowsky, Herb (December 31, 2010). "Former Alouette Proudfoot dies of ALS". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ a b Baker, Matt (17 November 2022). "Rick LeLacheur Wins 2nd Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award". bclions.com. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Riders President & CEO Jim Hopson Honoured at CFL Awards Show". Riderville.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press (November 27, 2015). "Henry Burris beats Bo Levi Mitchell for CFL most outstanding player honours". cbc.ca. CBC Sports.
- ^ Barrett, Lucas (2017). "Broadcaster Paul Graham Awarded Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ^ "Recap: Bombers names laced through CFL Awards". Canadian Football League. December 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hopkins Wins Hugh Campbell Award". stampeders.com. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.