The 1971 CFL Draft composed of nine rounds where 70 Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 players that were chosen exclusively from eligible Canadian universities. The Saskatchewan Roughriders

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...

, despite being Western Conference finalists, had the first overall selection through a trade with the last place Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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...

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1st Round

1. Saskatchewan Roughriders

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...

  Brian Donnelly  DB 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. Ottawa Rough Riders

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...

  Bob Eccles  LB 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...

3. British Columbia Lions

British Columbia 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...

  Archie McCord  T Simon Fraser

4. Edmonton Eskimos

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...

  Mel Smith  E 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. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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...

  Peter Ribbins  DB Ottawa

6. Saskatchewan Roughriders Bill Manchuk

Bill Manchuk

Bill Manchuk was a linebacker who played twelve seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He won two Grey Cups for the Eskimos...

  DB Alberta

7. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bob Kraemer  QB 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...

8. Edmonton Eskimos Cam Innes  C 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....

9. Winnipeg Blue Bombers John Gauthier  T Ottawa

2nd Round

10. Calgary Stampeders

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...

  Joe Petrone  PK 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...

11. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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...

  Bob Foulsewych  FB 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...

12. British Columbia Lions Michel Levelle  F Ottawa

13. Edmonton Eskimos Pat Lett  T Guelph

14. Toronto Argonauts

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 Hamilton  E 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...

15. Saskatchewan Roughriders John Steele  LB Simon Fraser

16. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Walter Sehr  HB Toronto

17. Calgary Stampeders Dan Dulmage  T 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...

18. Calgary Stampeders Greg Gibson  DB Calgary

3rd Round

19. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Clay McEvoy  TB Simon Fraser

20. Ottawa Rough Riders Bob Padfield  T Waterloo

21. British Columbia Lions Henry Lodewyks  F Manitoba

22. Edmonton Eskimos Gene Wolkowski  E Guelph

23. Toronto Argonauts Ron Faulkner  T Queen's

24. Saskatchewan Roughriders Jim Lazaruk  C Alberta

25. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Paul Zarek  F 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...

26. Calgary Stampeders James Bond  DT Simon Fraser

27. Calgary Stampeders Dwayne Dudgeon  E Loyola

Loyola College (Montreal)

Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School....

4th Round

28. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Walt McKee  PK Manitoba

29. Ottawa Rough Riders Art Lord  DB 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...

30. British Columbia Lions John Chapman  E Toronto

31. Edmonton Eskimos Dick Flynn  G 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...

32. Toronto Argonauts Bill Morrison  DE Guelph

33. Saskatchewan Roughriders Bob Clarke  DE Alberta

34. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Chuck Wakefield  E 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 ,...

35. Calgary Stampeders Ross Cote  G Calgary

36. Montreal Alouettes

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...

  Tony Proudfoot

Tony Proudfoot

John A. "Tony" Proudfoot was an All-Star defensive back in the Canadian Football League, teacher, coach, broadcaster and journalist....

  LB New Brunswick

5th Round

37. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Steve Howell  E 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 ....

38. Ottawa Rough Riders Steve Derbyshire  T Western Ontario

Western Ontario Mustangs

The Western Ontario Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada...

39. British Columbia Lions Mike Begg  WR Simon Fraser

40. Edmonton Eskimos Don Tallas  DB Alberta

41. Toronto Argonauts Allan Dresser  G Windsor

42. Saskatchewan Roughriders Fred Pazarena  LB Simon Fraser

43. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jim Dimitroff  FB Saint 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....

44. Calgary Stampeders Bryden Murray  C Bishop's

Bishop's Gaiters

The Bishop's Gaiters is the name of the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Although their logo and mascot suggest the term stems from the word alligator, "Gaiter" actually refers to a boot covering worn by Anglican bishops up until the...

45. Montreal Alouettes Jack Galbraith  T Manitoba

6th Round

46. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Paul Paddon  DB Ottawa

47. Ottawa Rough Riders Steve Hoffman  DE Windsor

48. British Columbia Lions Ron Fowler  TB 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...

49. Edmonton Eskimos Bob Rowe  LB Calgary

50. Toronto Argonauts Bill Hartley  G 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:...

51. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roy Parker  F Manitoba

52. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Rodger Hunter  DB Guelph

53. Calgary Stampeders Bruce Macrae  HB Western Ontario

54. Montreal Alouettes Bob Keating  T Manitoba

7th Round

55. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ben Labovich  E Carleton

56. Ottawa Rough Riders George Hill  LB Western Ontario

57. British Columbia Lions John Farlinger  DB Calgary

58. Edmonton Eskimos Jack Buchan  E Toronto

59. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Art Rochette  QB Queen's

60. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Chevers  E Waterloo

61. Calgary Stampeders Don Hickey  E Alberta

62. Montreal Alouettes Jack Schneider  LB Bishop's

8th Round

63. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ian Jukes  G British Columbia

64. Ottawa Rough Riders Marshall Caplan  LB McMaster

65. British Columbia Lions Bryan Ansley  DT Simon Fraser

66. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wayne Fox  F Waterloo

67. Montreal Alouettes Peter Merrill  QB New Brunswick

9th Round

68. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Dennis Hrychiko  HB Manitoba

69. British Columbia Lions Gerald Fraser  G Manitoba

70. Montreal Alouettes Art Strothart DB New Brunswick