Anthony Cavillo has reached the pinnacle of his profession passing for more yards than any other quarterback in history.
The Alouettes quarterback needed just 258 yards passing against the Toronto Argonauts Monday to break Damon Allen’s all-time record of 72,381 yards. He set the mark with a 50-yard touchdown pass to Jamel Richardson on the final play of the third quarter
Allen was at Percival Molson Stadium, along with CFL commissioner Mark Cohon, to honour the 39-year-old Calvillo when he set the record. After Richardson’s TD, play was stopped and Calvillo’s family came on to the field to mark the moment.
It was the third time this season Calvillo has broken one of Allen’s career marks. On July 17, Calvillo threw two TD passes in a 40-17 home win over Toronto to break Allen’s all-time record of 394 and currently has 414. Then on Aug. 4, Calvillo registered his 5,159th completion to surpass Allen in that category as well.
The record breaking performance came on Calvillo’s 300th career appearance in an illustrious CFL career that began in 1994 with the defunct Las Vegas Posse and included three stormy seasons in Hamilton before being released and ultimately landing in Montreal in ’98 as understudy to Tracy Ham.
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Calvillo took over as the starter two years later and has led Montreal to three Grey Cup victories, including the last two straight, and received three outstanding player awards over that span.
With files from The Canadian Press
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