Anthony Calvillo
Canadian Football League Legend, Leading Passer In The Game Of Professional Football. Winner Best Documentary Series For The Kid From La Puente, Canadian Screen Awards 2014.
Anthony Calvillo is acclaimed as a Canadian Football league star. He was a leading passer and quarterback. passing for over 70,000 years. He is one of only four professional quarterbacks to complete more than 400 touchdown passes. He also won the Canadian Screen Awards for a 2014 Best Documentary Series for the Kid by La Puente.
Anthony won three Grey Cup championships in 2002, 2009, and 2010, helping him being named Grey Cup Most Valuable Player in 2002. Anthony has also earned CFL’s awards for the Most Outstanding Player three times in 2003, 2008, and 2009.
He still has a passion for football as a football coach and supports many charities in his community. His story is a motivation for others. He is available for both live and virtual presentations.
Raising the Bar
Accountability
One Team One Goal
Teamwork
Life Balance
What is your drive
Calvillo spent two seasons at Mt. San Antonio Junior College before transferring to Utah State University in 1992. After a solid junior year as starting quarterback, he had a terrific senior season in 1993. He set a school record with 3,260 yards of total offence in the regular season, and he also set a school record with 5 touchdown passes in a single game (he did it twice). With Calvillo leading the offence, USU won the Big West Conference championship for the first time since 1979. The Aggies finished the year with a 42-33 win over Ball State in the Las Vegas Bowl; Calvillo passed for 386 yards and 3 touchdowns to win MVP honours. It was Utah State’s first-ever bowl victory.
CFL Career
In 2009, Calvillo added to his club records while reaching more CFL milestones. On July 23, 2009, he surpassed Canadian Football Hall of Famer Ron Lancaster’s 334 career touchdown passes to move into second place all time. He sat out two games during the regular season, but still accumulated 4639 yards while posting a remarkable 72.0% completion rate, the second best single-season completion rate in CFL history behind Dave Dickenson’s 73.98% mark set in 2005. Calvillo led Montreal to a comeback victory in the 97th Grey Cup on Nov. 29, when the Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders on a last-second field goal.
Calvillo won his third Grey Cup on November 28, 2010 at 98th Grey Cup in Edmonton, Alberta. He added to his record total of passing yards in Grey Cup games with 2470 yards, as well as setting the record for Grey Cup starts with eight. As of the 2010 CFL season, Calvillo is 3-5 in Grey Cup Championship Games.
In a post-game interview, he revealed that he would be undergoing off-season surgery to remove a lesion on his thyroid that was discovered after he injured his sternum during the season.On December 21, 2010, it was reported that Calvillo had successful thyroidectomy surgery toremove a cancerous lesion.
On July 15, 2011, in a game against the Toronto Argonauts, Calvillo completed his CFL record 395th career touchdown pass to Éric Deslauriers. On August 4 of that same season, and again against the Argonauts, Calvillo completed his 5159th pass completion to Brandon London to move past Damon Allen to become the leader in that category as well. Then, on October 10, 2011, Calvillo completed a touchdown pass to Jamel Richardson to become professional football’s all-time leading passer, in the Alouettes’ third and final game against the Toronto Argonauts that year.
Awards and Achievements
- 2011 Pro Football record all-time leader in passing yards
- 2002, 2009, 2010 Grey Cup Champion
- 2003, 2008, 2009 CFL Most Outstanding Player
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 East Division Most Outstanding Player
- 2002 Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
- 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 CFL All-Star team
- 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 CFL East Division All-Star team
- 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010 CFLPA All-Star team
- 2004 CFLPA East Division All-Star team
- 2004 Fans’ Choice Award