BC Lions
BC Lions | |||
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City: | Vancouver | ||
Founded: | 1954 | ||
Team colors: | black / white / orange
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Head coach: | Pasquale "Wally" Buono | ||
League (2017): | CFL / West Division | ||
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Greatest successes | |||
1964 , 1985 , 1994 , 2000 , 2006 , 2011 | Gray Cup | ||
1963, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011 | Western Division Championship | ||
Stadion | |||
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Address: | 777 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver | ||
Play surface: | artificial grass | ||
Capacity: | 54,320 | ||
Contact | |||
Internet: | BC Lions | ||
Data status | |||
July 18, 2014 |
The BC Lions are a Canadian football team from Vancouver in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The club was founded in 1954 and is named after the distinctive double peak The Lions . The team plays in the Canadian Football League in the West Division and plays their home games at BC Place Stadium , which can seat 54,320 spectators.
Club colors
The club colors are orange, black and white. You can also find them in the helmet design. The helmet design of the BC Lions consists of a white background with "BC" written on it in black and the orange head of a mountain lion .
successes
The BC Lions won the Western Division championship ten times and won the Gray Cup , the CFL championship, six times, the first time in 1964 and the last time in 2011 .
team
Legend
RB running back | G Guard | LB linebacker | WR wide receiver | SB slotback |
QB quarterback | T tackle | DT defensive tackle | DB Defensive Back | Foosball table |
FB fullback | C center | DE defensive end | CB cornerback | P punter |
TE tight end | OL offensive lineman | DL defensive linemen | S Safety | LS Long Snapper |
Blocked jersey numbers
The BC Lions are not giving away a total of 11 jersey numbers to any other players.
No. | player | position | Years in the franchise |
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5 | Lui passaglia | K / P | 1976-2000 |
15th | Willie Fleming | RB | 1959-1966 |
22nd | Joe Kapp | QB | 1961-1966 |
30th | Jim Young | SB / WR | 1967-1979 |
38 | Byron Bailey | FB / DB | 1954-1964 |
52 | Al Wilson | C. | 1972-1986 |
60 | Jamie Taras | FB / OL | 1987-2002 |
64 | Angus Reid | C. | 2001-2014 |
75 | Fieldgate standard | LB | 1954-1967 |
81 | Geroy Simon | SB / WR | 2001–2012 |
97 | Brent Johnson | DE | 2001-2011 |
title
Gray Cup: 6 - (1964,1985,1994,2000,2006,2011)
Western-Division Championships: 10 - (1963,1964,1983,1985,1988,1994,2000,2004,2006,2011)
Western Division (Regular Season): 13 - (1963,1964,1983,1984,1985,1987,1999,2004,2005,2006,2007,2011,2012)
Web links
- Official BC Lions website
- BC Lions Page at Vancouver Sun Online
- BC Lions page at TSN approx
- BCLionsDen.ca — Lions fan meeting
- LionBackers.com - A BC Lions Fan Site
- TEAM 1040 BC Lions broadcasts
- BC Lions page at Oursportscentral.com
- BC Lions Page at The Pro Football Archives