Henry Burris, Grey Cup Champion and MVP…

is another one of our special guests who will be here to enlighten us about his career.

Henry won three Grey Cup championships, two with the Calgary Stampeders, in 1998 and 2008, having spent 10 years of his career with them, and one with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2016.

Burris won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player Award in 2010 and 2015. At the time of his retirement Burris was third in all-time CFL passing yards and passing touchdowns. While playing in the CFL, he was also a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats and spent time in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. Prior to his professional career, he played college football with the Temple Owls.

Randy Ambrosie, the Commissioner of the Canadian Football League…

has been invited to be one of our special guests.  Ambrosie played Canadian football professionally as an offensive guard for the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders, Toronto Argonauts, and Edmonton Eskimos. He was selected with the second overall pick in the 1985 CFL Draft by the Stampeders. Over the course of a nine-season career, he played in 142 professional games and became a Grey Cup champion. Ambrosie played college football at the University of Manitoba.  We are looking forward to a visit by the Commish.