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Three former members of the Calgary Stampeders will officially be inducted in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame tonight in Edmonton.
The two men going in the players’ category are both offensive linemen — Miles Gorrell and Dan Ferrone.
In addition, former St. Francis Xavier University coach Don Loney — who played for the Stampeders in 1954 — will be inducted in the builders’ category.
The ex-Stamps are part of a group of honourees that also includes Brian Fryer and Earl Winfield in the players’ category and on-field official Jake Ireland in the builders’ category.
Gorrell played five seasons with the Stampeders (1978-82) and he served as Calgary’s Director of Canadian personnel in 2004. He played his high school football at Calgary’s Henry Wise Wood.
In addition to his time with the Stampeders, the giant lineman — he stands six-foot-eight — also suited up for the Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Concordes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Gorrell played a total of 321 games over 19 seasons and earned division all-star honours on five occasions.
Ferrone played 11 of his 12 CFL seasons with the Toronto Argonauts but his lone season in Calgary (1989) was an excellent one as he was named a West Division all-star and was the Stampeders’ nominee for the league’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman award.
He was a division all-star nine times in his career and made five league all-star teams.
Loney coached St. Francis Xavier University for 16 years, amassing a 133-31-2 record and winning nine conference titles, four Atlantic Bowls, six Jewett Trophy championships and one Canadian College Bowl championship.
He played a total of eight seasons in the CFL.