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By The Canadian Press

HALL OF FAME

Called to the Hall: McCallum, Shivers, Suitor heading into Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Jun 21, 2022 | 5:12 PM

Three men with ties to the Saskatchewan Roughriders are part of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022.

Kicker Paul McCallum, who had three stints with the Roughriders (1994-95, 1996-2005, and 2015), is being inducted into the player category.

Roy Shivers, who was Saskatchewan’s general manager for seven seasons, is going in as a builder. Shivers was the first Black GM in pro football.

And former Roughriders safety Glen Suitor is being inducted into the media wing for his work on TSN.

McCallum also had CFL stints with the B.C. Lions and Ottawa Rough Riders. As well, he played in the World League of American Football with the Scottish Claymores and in the XFL with the Las Vegas Outlaws.

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He played 340 regular-season games over 24 seasons and remains the second-leading scorer in CFL history, with 3,145 points. Only former Lions kicker Lui Passaglia (3,991) had more points.

McCallum hit 722 of 898 field-goal attempts and 812 of 815 convert tries in his career. He holds the league record for the longest field goal (62 yards on Oct. 27, 2001).

He made the second-most field goals in Roughriders history (368) and the second-most converts made (408).

McCallum is a two-time Grey Cup champion who was named a division all-star five times and a CFL all-star twice.

Shivers, who played in the NFL with the St. Louis Cardinals, was an assistant coach, player personnel executive, and assistant general manager in the CFL before becoming GM of the expansion Birmingham Barracudas.

He joined the Roughriders as general manager in December of 1999 and built a team that compiled a 57-68-1 record during his tenure. He was fired by the board of directors in March of 2007.

Shivers won the Grey Cup four times in his career, twice with B.C. (1985 and 2011) and twice with Calgary (1992 and 1998).

After 11 seasons as a player with the Roughriders — he still holds the club record with 51 interceptions — Suitor joined TSN as its lead colour commentator.

He and play-by-play man Chris Cuthbert won numerous awards, including a Gemini Award for best sports play-by-play or analyst in 2006.

The Class of 2022 also includes Ricky Ray, Chip Cox, Dick Thornton, Tim Tindale, Dave Ritchie, and Keith Evans.

The induction ceremony is to be held on Sept. 16 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton. They’ll also be honoured the following day during the Hall of Fame Game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

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