The 1970 CFL Draft

Canadian College Draft

The Canadian College Draft is an annual sports draft in which the teams of the Canadian Football League select eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from the ranks of CIS football or NCAA college football...

took place on Wednesday, February 11, 1970. Seventy-six players were selected from among 243 eligible players from Canadian universities and colleges. Canadian-born players who played at American colleges, such as Jim Corrigall

Jim Corrigall

Jim Corrigall, born May 7, 1946, in Barrie, Ontario, is a former all-star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.-High school and college:...

 of Kent State and Zenon Andrusyshyn

Zenon Andrusyshyn

Zenon Andrusyshyn of Ukrainian parents is a former Canadian Football League punter and kicker from for the Toronto Argonauts. He played in 1978 for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He later played with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League from 1983–1985...

 of UCLA, were subject to the CFL's territorial rights rules and were ineligible for the College Draft.

The respective General Managers made the selections for all teams except the Toronto Argonauts, for whom Head Coach Leo Cahill

Leo Cahill

Leo Cahill is a former head coach and general manager in the Canadian Football League, much of it spent with the Toronto Argonauts. Since 2004, Cahill has been serving as "goodwill ambassador" with the Argonauts. Has 5 children. Steve, Christy, Terry, Lisa and Bettye. He lives in Sarnia,...

 made the picks. Cahill stumbled in Round Five, attempting to select end Carl Lindros from the University of Western Ontario with the 43rd over-all selection. However, Lindros already had been claimed earlier in this Draft, by Edmonton in Round Four, 30th over-all. This was perhaps the first brush with sporting controversy for Lindros, who later would serve as the agent for his son, hockey player Eric

Eric Lindros

Eric Bryan Lindros is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Lindros played junior hockey in the OHL for the Oshawa Generals prior to being selected first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques...

.

First-year Ottawa GM Frank Clair

Frank Clair

Frank James Clair was a coach in the Canadian Football League, nicknamed "the Professor" for his ability to recognize and develop talent. Clair is the 3rd all-time winningest head coach in the CFL with 147 wins and the winningest head coach in the post-season with 27 vistories...

 added some levity in Round Eight, asking if Ron Clarke had been chosen yet. CFL Chairman Greg Fulton responded, "As a matter of fact, yes. You took him on the previous round."

Round one

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Calgary Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...  (1) via Winnipeg Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...	Wayne Holm	QB Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	Simon Fraser Simon Fraser Clan Simon Fraser Clan are the athletic teams that represent Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.SFU's teams formerly played in the United States National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for all sports. In 1997, Simon Fraser sought to join the U.S. NCAA as a Division II...
2	Hamilton Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...  (1) via Montreal Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...	Dave Fahrner	FB Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...	Western Western Ontario Mustangs The Western Ontario Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada...
3	Edmonton Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...  (1)	Evald Timusk	OT	Waterloo Lutheran Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and, where applicable, in the west...
4	BC BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...  (1)	John McManus	DE Defensive end Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...	Alberta Alberta Golden Bears The Alberta Golden Bears are the men's athletic teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The women's teams are known as the Alberta Pandas.-History:...
5	Hamilton (2)	Jim Bennett	OT	Toronto
6	Calgary (2)	Barry Jamieson	OT	Waterloo Lutheran
7	Winnipeg (1) via Toronto Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...	Bob LaRose	HB Halfback (Canadian football) The halfback in Canadian football, and most commonly the Canadian Football League, refers to the defensive back rather than the running back, as in American football. The defensive halfback lines up inside covering the slotback. They are usually slightly larger than the cornerback to assist the...	Western
8	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...  (1)	Bob Schmidt	OT	Alberta
9	Ottawa Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...  (1)	Mike Sharp	QB	Carleton Carleton Ravens The Carleton Ravens football team is a future varsity team that was approved for 2013 membership on July 6, 2011. The team will be a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence...

Round two

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
10	Winnipeg (2)	John Senst	FL Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...	Simon Fraser
11	Montreal (1)	Burns McPherson	HB	St. Francis Xavier St. Francis Xavier X-Men The St. Francis Xavier X-Men and X-Women are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Oland Stadium located at the University's campus.-History:...
12	Edmonton (2)	Jim Henshall	HB	Western
13	BC Lions (2)	Tony D'Aloisio	FB	Windsor Windsor Lancers The Windsor Lancers are the varsity athletic teams that represent the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.The Lancers compete in Ontario University Athletics as part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport ....
14	Winnipeg (3) via Hamilton	Rick Sugden	HB	Simon Fraser
15	Calgary (3)	Don Lumb	OT	British Columbia UBC Thunderbirds The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are one of the most successful teams in the CIS, though a few of their teams are members of the U.S...
16	Toronto (1)	Paul Brown	OT	Waterloo Lutheran
17	Saskatchewan (2)	Andre Rancourt	DE Defensive end Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...	Ottawa
18	Ottawa (2)	Gerry Kwapisz	OT	Windsor

Round three

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
19	Winnipeg (4)	Wayne Powell	OG	Ottawa
20	Montreal (2)	Andy Smith	LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	Mount Allison Mount Allison Mounties The Mount Allison Mounties is the name given to varsity athletic teams that represent Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.The Mounties sports teams play their matches at MacAuley field which seats 2,500.-Athletics & Recreations:...
21	Edmonton (3)	Paul Hendershot	HB	Waterloo Lutheran
22	BC Lions (3)	Pete Raham	DB Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	Toronto
23	Hamilton (3)	Paul McKay	HB	Toronto
24	Calgary (4)	Tom Schultz	DE	Ottawa
25	Toronto (2)	John Candiotto	DE-PK Placekicker Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...	Dalhousie
26	Saskatchewan (3)	Bob McCulla	OT	Ottawa
27	Hamilton (4) via Ottawa	Jeff Hilton	FB	Western

Round four

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
28	Winnipeg (5)	John Storey	HB	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Huskies The University of Saskatchewan began in 1907 and has operated teams that compete with others since 1911. The term Huskie Athletics is defined as those student athletes from the University of Saskatchewan that compete in elite interuniversity competition administered by Canadian Interuniversity...
29	Montreal (3)	John Proter	OT	St. Mary's Saint Mary's Huskies The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the centre of the University's campus....
30	Edmonton (4)	Carl Lindros	DE	Western
31	BC Lions (4)	Don Warrington	HB	Simon Fraser
32	Hamilton (5)	Jay Graydon	DB	McMaster McMaster Marauders The McMaster Marauders are the athletic teams that represent McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Athletics at McMaster is currently managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics & recreation department. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario...
33	Calgary (5)	Dave Sterritt	OT	Waterloo Waterloo Warriors The Waterloo Warriors are the athletic teams that represent the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors have found success over certain spans in football, hockey, rugby, golf and basketball among others, and the Warriors have won national championships in hockey ,...
34	Toronto (3)	Vince Lyons	HB	McMaster
35	Saskatchewan (4)	Greg Hunter	HB	Alberta
36	Ottawa (3)	Dave Doherty	HB	McGill McGill Redmen The McGill Redmen CIS football team is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1898. The team has appeared in three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game...

Round five

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
37	Winnipeg (6)	Lorne Prokopy	HB	Calgary Calgary Dinos The Calgary Dinos football team has won the Vanier Cup national championship four times, the most out of any of the Canada West teams and most recently in 1995. The Dinos also won in 1983, 1985 and 1988. The team most recently appeared in the 2010 Vanier Cup, but lost to the Laval Rouge et Or...
38	Montreal (4)	Jim Foley Jim Foley Jim Foley is a former award winning slotback in the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes' in the 1970 CFL College Draft, winning the CFL's rookie of the year award in 1971, and later won the 1975 Most Outstanding Canadian Award and two Grey Cups with the Ottawa Rough...	HB	PEI UPEI Panthers The UPEI Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The UPEI Panthers have teams playing in the Atlantic University Sport conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport , including men's...
39	Edmonton (5)	Don McIntyre	E	Queen's Queen's Golden Gaels The Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium on West Campus....
40	BC Lions (5)	Paul Gray	QB	Waterloo Lutheran
41	Hamilton (6)	Dave Clarke	HB	Guelph Guelph Gryphons The Guelph Gryphons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and, where applicable, in the west division.-Varsity...
42	Calgary (6)	Alan Kinley	OT	Manitoba Manitoba Bisons The Manitoba Bisons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The football and soccer teams play their games at University Stadium, which also serves as the location of track & field events...
–	Toronto	ineligible claim	–	–
43	Saskatchewan (5)	Ed Scorgie	DE	Waterloo
44	Ottawa (4)	Ken Whelan	HB	Guelph

Round six

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
45	Winnipeg (7)	Larry Stockton	LB	Manitoba
46	Montreal (5)	Fred MacLean	C Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...	New Brunswick UNB Varsity Reds The UNB Varsity Reds are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.The Varsity Reds compete in the following sports: men's and women's basketball, men's hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's volleyball, swimming...
47	Edmonton (6)	Fred Promoli	E	Guelph
48	BC Lions (6)	Bob Moffatt	C	Simon Fraser
49	Hamilton (7)	Robert DiFruscia	FL	Guelph
50	Calgary (7)	Dick Stein	OT	British Columbia
51	Toronto (4)	Bear Brown	OT	Royal Military College RMC Paladins The RMC Paladins are the athletic teams that represent Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are red and white...
52	Saskatchewan (6)	George Kunyckyj	QB	Brandon Brandon Bobcats The Brandon Bobcats are the athletic teams that represent Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.In the 2006/2007 academic year, the Bobcats advanced to the Canadian Basketball Finals. They placed second to the Carleton University, in a hard fought 52-49 game.See also Canadian...
–	Ottawa	pass	–	–

Round seven

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
53	Winnipeg (8)	Terry Moss	HB	Manitoba
54	Montreal (6)	Terry Arnason	FL	St. Francis Xavier
55	Edmonton (7)	Chris Hawkes	QB	Simon Fraser
56	BC Lions (7)	Brian Currie	OG	Royal Military College
57	Hamilton (8)	Peter Quinlan	QB	McMaster
58	Calgary (8)	Craig McLeod	OG	Calgary
59	Toronto (5)	Bill Simmons	HB	Royal Military College
60	Saskatchewan (7)	Jim Turnbull	HB	Queen's
61	Ottawa (5)	Ron Clarke	HB	Queen's

Round eight

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
62	Winnipeg (9)	Len Sitter	C	Brandon
63	Montreal (7)	Ted Abercrombie	LB	St. Mary's
64	Edmonton (8)	Bob McGregor	FB	Waterloo Lutheran
65	BC Lions (8)	Bob Taylor	OT	McGill
66	Hamilton (9)	Doug Hinan	FB	Laurentian Laurentian University Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....
67	Calgary (9)	Brent Batling	HB	Saskatchewan
–	Toronto	pass	–	–
68	Saskatchewan (8)	Peter Werry	–	Western Ontario
69	Ottawa (6)	Bob Climie	OG	Queen's

Round nine

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
–	Winnipeg	pass	–	–
70	Montreal (8)	Don Lavers	OT	New Brunswick
–	Edmonton	pass	–	–
71	BC Lions (9)	Gary Conley	–	Simon Fraser
72	Hamilton (10)	Terry Harvey	FL	Waterloo Lutheran
–	Calgary	pass	–	–
–	Toronto	pass	–	–
73	Saskatchewan (9)	Roger Passmore	HB	Waterloo Lutheran
–	Ottawa	pass	–	–

Round ten

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
–	Winnipeg	pass	–	–
74	Montreal (9)	Mike Brierley	DE	McMaster
–	Edmonton	pass	–	–
75	BC Lions (10)	Barrie Reid	HB	Saskatchewan
–	Hamilton	pass	–	–
–	Calgary	pass	–	–
–	Toronto	pass	–	–
76	Saskatchewan (10)	Eric Thomson	OG	Dalhousie
–	Ottawa	pass	–	–