1. Ben Cahoon was born on July 16,1972 and is a Canadian-American former professional football slotback who spent his entire career with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
30 Facts About Ben Cahoon
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Ben Cahoon won the award for the Most Outstanding Canadian in the CFL two years in a row in 2002 and 2003.
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At the time of his retirement after the 2010 season, Cahoon ranked sixth overall in career receiving yards with 13,301 yards and the all-time leader overall in pass receptions with 1,017.
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Ben Cahoon is the all-time leading receiver in Grey Cup history with 46 receptions and 658 receiving yards.
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Ben Cahoon was born in Utah but qualified as a Canadian in the CFL because his parents were Canadian and he spent time as a youth in Alberta.
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Ben Cahoon played his high school sports at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, where he earned All-Region and All-State honors in football, basketball, and soccer.
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Ben Cahoon was named Mountain View's Athlete of the Year in 1990.
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Ben Cahoon set school records for most receptions and most receiving yards in a single season and in a career.
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Ben Cahoon transferred to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
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Ben Cahoon played in every game for the Cougars in 1996, when BYU became the first Division I-A team in NCAA history to win 14 games in a single season.
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Ben Cahoon was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes in the first round in the 1998 CFL Draft.
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Ben Cahoon won the 90th Grey Cup, 97th Grey Cup and 98th Grey Cup with Montreal in 2002,2009 and 2010.
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Ben Cahoon was named Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian in both 2002 and 2009.
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Ben Cahoon's jersey was retired on July 29,2016, at Percival Molson Stadium in Montreal.
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In 2004, Ben Cahoon was part of a CFL precedent with four receivers on one team reaching the 1000-yard mark in one season: Ben Cahoon with 1183 yards, Jeremaine Copeland with 1154 yards, Thyron Anderson with 1147 yards, and Kwame Cavil with 1090 yards.
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Ben Cahoon replaced Damon Duval, who had been ejected from the game.
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Ben Cahoon is considered to be one of the greatest slotbacks ever, and was nominated with Anthony Calvillo for the CFL Greatest QB-WR Combo of All Time.
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Ben Cahoon was named an East Division All-Star in 1999,2000,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 and 2009.
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Ben Cahoon has been named a CFL All Star on numerous occasions.
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In 2008, Ben Cahoon broke Peter Dalla Riva's record for most touchdowns ever by an Alouette receiver.
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Ben Cahoon has had nine 1,000 yard receiving seasons, including a streak of eight straight.
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On December 15,2008, Ben Cahoon re-signed with the Alouettes, where the deal called for a one-year contract with an option.
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On May 14,2010, Ben Cahoon confirmed his return for the 2010 season.
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On October 11,2010, in a home game against the Calgary Stampeders, Ben Cahoon became the CFL's all-time reception leader, catching his 1,007th career pass from Anthony Calvillo in the 4th quarter.
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In 2014, Ben Cahoon was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
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On February 1,2011, Brigham Young University head football coach, Bronco Mendenhall, announced Ben Cahoon would join the BYU coaching staff as the wide receivers coach.
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Ben Cahoon served in that role through the end of the 2012 season, after which the school re-hired its former offensive coordinator Robert Anae, leading to Cahoon being released on January 15,2013.
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Ben Cahoon returned to the coaching staff for the 2016 season under new head coach Kalani Sitake and offensive coordinator Ty Detmer for 2 seasons.
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Ben Cahoon had caught at least one pass in 202 of his last 203 games and at least one pass in each of his last 144 games.
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Ben Cahoon was owner of Power Pad Insoles, LLC, a company that sells performance enhancing insoles.