15 Facts About Lui Passaglia

Lui Passaglia was born on June 7,1954 and is a Canadian former professional football player.

Lui Passaglia is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, and the BC Lions Wall of Fame.

In 2003, Lui Passaglia was voted a member of the BC Lions All-Time Dream Team as part of the club's 50 year anniversary celebration.

In 2006, Lui Passaglia was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

Lui Passaglia was the fifth-overall selection of the BC Lions in the 1976 CFL season Canadian College Draft, as a kicker and wide receiver.

Lui Passaglia caught a 10-yard touchdown pass in his first CFL game on July 22, of the 1976 CFL season against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Lui Passaglia played the most CFL regular seasons at 25, the most CFL regular season games at 408, and scored the most points in regular season play with 3,991 points, all with one team: the BC Lions.

Lui Passaglia was the first player to score 200 points in a season, with 214 points.

Lui Passaglia is the second all-time CFL punt leader with 3,142 for 133,826 yards, with the second highest average in a season of 50.2 yards.

In CFL playoff games, Lui Passaglia holds records for most points with 210, is tied for most field goals with 48, and has the longest recorded punt of 89 yards.

Lui Passaglia is the longest-playing Lion in team history, appearing in a total of 408 games, overtaking Leos' great Al Wilson's previous mark of 233 games.

Lui Passaglia resigned from the Lions at the conclusion of the 2007 CFL season to devote his time to his family property development business.

Lui Passaglia was replaced as BC Lions director of community relations by fellow Lions great and former teammate, Jamie Taras.

Lui Passaglia has lived in the city of Coquitlam for over 20 years.

In 2014, Lui Passaglia revealed that he was receiving chemotherapy for stage 3 colon cancer.