Montreal, Feb. 11, 2011 – The Montreal Alouettes are pleased to announce that Alouettes alumni Don Matthews and Terry Vaughn along with Quebec-born quarterback Chris Flynn will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2011. They will be joined by Danny McManus, Joe Montford, Ken Lehmann and Gino Fracas (posthumously).
Don Matthews
Matthews was the Alouettes’ head coach between 2002 and 2006, recording 58 regular season wins and 28 losses, five playoffs wins and two losses as well as four East Division titles. He led the team to three Grey Cup games, winning the championship in 2002, bringing back the historic trophy to Montreal for the first time in 25 years. He was also named the 2002 CFL Coach of the Year.
“The Don” is currently second in CFL history with 231 career wins, having also coached the BC Lions (1983-1987), Toronto Argonauts (1990, 1996-1998, 2008), Saskatchewan Roughriders (1991-1993), Baltimore Stallions (1994-1995) and Edmonton Eskimos (1999-2000). He holds the CFL record with nine Grey Cup appearances and is tied for first with five wins. He also won five consecutive Grey Cups between 1978 and 1982 as the Eskimos’ defensive coordinator. He is the only coach to win the Grey Cup in four different decades.
Terry Vaughn
After four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders and six seasons with the Eskimos, Vaughn joined the Alouettes for one season in 2005, finishing second on the team with 93 catches, 1,113 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. His 2005 total improved his CFL career records to 11 consecutive seasons with 1,000-or-more yards receiving, from 1995 to 2005, as well as most seasons with 1,000-or-more yards receiving with 11.
As a member of the Tiger-Cats in 2006, he became the first player in CFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions, finishing his career with 1,006, a record since broken by former teammate Ben Cahoon in 2010. He finished fourth in league history with 13,746 career receiving yards and 73 touchdowns. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1998 and with the Eskimos in 2003. He was named a CFL All-Star in 1998, 2001 and 2002 and West Division All-Star in 1996 and from 1998 through 2003.
In November, 2006, Terry Vaughn was voted 45th of the CFL’s Top 50 Players of the league’s modern era by TSN and the CFL.
Chris Flynn
The Alouettes would also like to congratulate Quebec-born quarterback Chris Flynn as the first amateur player to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Flynn, born in Buckingham in the Outaouais region, won the Hec Crighton Trophy – awarded to the most outstanding player in Canadian university football – during three consecutive seasons, from 1988 to 1990.
He led the Saint Mary’s Huskies to a 27-2 regular season record over four seasons, to four Atlantic Universities Football Conference championships and to two Vanier Cup appearances. He finished his career first in CIAU history with 30 touchdowns passes in a season (1989) and 87 career touchdown passes.
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