Fans, Calgary Stampeder Football Club and Stampeders Alumni Association honoured the three newest members of the Stampeders Wall of Fame in a halftime celebration at the August 12th Calgary home game vs Montreal. This year’s inductees include Slotback David Sapunjis and Kicker J.T. Hay in the player’s category and longtime team doctor Vince Murphy in the builder’s category. Their addition brings the total number of such honoured Stampeders to 30, including 22 players and 8 builders, since the Wall of Fame first began inducting in 1985. Below is a closer look at each of the recipients: BUILDER DR. VINCE MURPHY (1957-present) Dr. Murphy’s half-century association with the Stampeders began in 1957, and in 1959 general manager Jim Finks decided a physician should accompany the team and be on the sidelines for every game. Larry Chace was also hired as the club’s athletic therapist at that time and worked there until 1972. Alex Recsky took over until 1984 and Pat Clayton has been with the Stampeders ever since, thus Dr. Murphy has worked with only three athletic therapists but many other team doctors. Dr. Murphy, now 83, still practices medicine part-time in his Gulf Canada Square office and can still be seen on the sidelines at Stamps’ home games. Vince was born in Castor, Alberta, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and went overseas as a qualified navigator in 1943. His plane was shot down on June 23, 1944. Vince was captured, a prisoner of war until rescued by Allied armies in January 1945. He returned to Canada and went to medical school, finishing in 1953. He took graduate training at the Mayo Clinic from 1953-57 after which he returned to join the Calgary Associate Clinic. PLAYER #25 DAVID SAPUNJIS, Slotback (1990-96) Sapunjis, 38, a native of Toronto, joined the Stampeders in 1990 from University of Western Ontario and played seven stellar Canadian Football League seasons before retiring after the 1996 campaign. He was the first Canadian-born player to make 100 catches when he nabbed 103 in 1993. Two years later, he bettered the mark with 111 catches for 1,665 yards, a CFL record for non-imports. He finished his career with 460 catches for 6,586 yards, both 5th on the team’s all-time list. Sapunjis was a West Division and All-Canadian All-Star and the CFL’s outstanding Canadian player in both 1993 and 1995. He played in three Grey Cup games, winning in 1992 and losing in 1991 and 1995, and was named the Canadian MVP in all three games. He was named to the Stampeders 50-year Dream Team in 1995. Since retiring, he has been in the oil and gas service industry and for the past four years has been Managing Partner of Continental Oil Field Supply Service. As well, he is part of the current Stampeders ownership group, which purchased the team in January 2005. He and his wife Jodi have two sons and two daughters. PLAYER #2 J.T. HAY, KICKER (1979-88) Hay, 51, who was born in Hawkesbury, ON., jumped directly to the CFL from the Ottawa Sooners juniors, where he had spent three years. He played with the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1978 and led the team in scoring with 136 points. He joined the Stampeders the following year and held the kicking job until it was passed to Mark McLoughlin eight games into the 1988 season. At the time, he was the team’s career leader with 1,275 points, 282 field goals, 320 converts and 109 singles. Including the year with Ottawa, he played in 173 regular season games, with 1,411 points, 363 converts in as many attempts, 308 field goals and124 singles. Hay was a West Division All-Star in 1986 and named to the Stampeders 50-year Dream Team in 1995. He has worked in residential real estate with Remax Mountain View for the past 16 years. He and wife Lisa have two daughters. CALGARY STAMPEDERS WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 1985-2006 1985 – #50 Paul Rowe 1945-1950 1985 – #55 Wayne Harris 1961-1972 1985 – #77 John Helton 1969-1978 1986 – #62 Don Luzzi 1958-1969 1986 – #15 Larry Robinson 1961-1974 1988 – #76 Herm Harrison 1964-1972 1988 – #21 Harvey Wylie 1956-1964 1990 – #10 Jerry Keeling 1961-1972 1990 – #00 Sugarfoot Anderson 1949-1958 1992 – #10 Willie Burden 1974-1981 1992 – #53 Harry Langford 1949-1958 1994 – #22 Tom Forzani 1973-1983 1994 – #27 Earl Lunsford 1956, 1959-1993 1996 – #56 Tony Pajaczkowski 1955-1965 1996 – #66 Lloyd Fairbanks 1975-1982, 1989-1991 1999 – #22 Lovell Coleman 1960-1967 1999 – #66 George Hansen 1959-1966 2001 – Tony Anselmo (Builder) 2001 – Tom Brook (Builder) 2001 – Roy Jennings (Builder) 2001 – Frank McMahon (Builder) 2001 – George McMahon (Builder) 2002 – #48 Keith Spaith 1948-1954 2002 – #14 Peter Liske 1966-68, 1973-1974 2004 – #18 Allen Pitts 1990-2000 2004 – Rogers Lehew (Builder) 2004 – Stan Schwartz (Builder) 2006 – #25 David Sapunjis 1990-96 2006 – # 2 J.T. Hay 1979-98 2006 – Dr. Vince Murphy (Builder)