The 1976 CFL Draft composed of 10 rounds where 106 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 were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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. A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions, with the 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...

 being the only team to make no picks during this stage of the draft. Through a trade with the 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...

, the 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...

 selected first overall in the draft. The Eskimos had four total picks in the first round of the draft alone.

Territorial exemptions

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...

  Neil Lumsden

Neil Lumsden

Neil Lumsden is a former Canadian Football League player who played mostly as a fullback and also as a running back for the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos from 1976 to 1985....

  TB Ottawa

Toronto Argonauts Steve Telfer  TE 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....

Toronto Argonauts Vic Wasilenko  DB 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...

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...

  Bill Norton  DT Weber State

Weber State University

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British Columbia Lions Glen Jackson  LB 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...

British Columbia Lions Mitch Davies  E 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...

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...

  Bill Harrison  TB Ottawa

Hamilton Tiger-Cats John Kelley  DB Guelph

Guelph Gryphons

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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...

  Ted Milian  G 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...

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rick Koswin  WR Manitoba

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...

  Jeff Avery  WR Ottawa

Ottawa Rough Riders John Palazeti  TB Richmond

Richmond Spiders football

The Richmond Spiders are a college football team representing the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was the Division I Football Championship Subdivision champion for the 2008 season. Richmond currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of the NCAA's Division I...

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...

  Ron Cherkas  DT University of Utah

Utah Utes football

The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...

Saskatchewan Roughriders Brian O'Hara  TB Whitworth

Whitworth University

Whitworth University is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Spokane, Washington, United States, that offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a variety of academic disciplines. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church...

Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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  Yvon Thibeault  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...

Montreal Alouettes Rodney Ward  LB Bishop's

Bishop's Gaiters

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Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

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  Brian Fryer

Brian Fryer

Brian Fryer is a former professional gridiron football wide receiver in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. He played one season for the NFL's Washington Redskins before playing the remainder of his career with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos. He played college football at...

  WR 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:...

Edmonton Eskimos Walter Bauer  TE Drake

Drake Bulldogs football

The Drake Bulldogs football program represents Drake University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. Drake began competing in intercollegiate football in 1893.-Historic 1922 season:...

1st Round

1. Edmonton Eskimos Tim Berryman  LB Ottawa

2. British Columbia Lions Randy Graham  DB Simon Fraser

3. Edmonton Eskimos Al Moffat  DT Ottawa

4. Ottawa Rough Riders Steve Gelley  DB Simon Fraser

5. British Columbia Lions Lui Passaglia

Lui Passaglia

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  K Simon Fraser

6. Ottawa Rough Riders Bill Hatanaka  WR York

7. Saskatchewan Roughriders Tim Pickett  DB 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 ,...

8. Edmonton Eskimos Tom Kudaba  G Simon Fraser

9. Edmonton Eskimos Ian MacPherson  DE Ottawa

2nd Round

10. British Columbia Lions Len Platt  WR Tulsa

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

The University of Tulsa's Golden Hurricane football team represents Tulsa in Conference USA. Tulsa is currently coached by first-year head coach Bill Blankenship. The football team was coached by Todd Graham until he accepted the head coaching job at Pittsburgh....

11. British Columbia Lions John Turecki  DE British Columbia

12. 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...

  Jay Parry  WR Western Ontario

Western Ontario Mustangs

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

13. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Barry Cozack  TB 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:...

14. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gordon Taylor  QB Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

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15. Edmonton Eskimos Steve Andryjowicz  TB Toronto

16. Saskatchewan Roughriders Bog Gibbons  DT Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Huskies

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17. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ron Mironuck  LB Whitworth

18. Edmonton Eskimos Eric Upton

Eric Upton

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  G Ottawa

3rd Round

19. Toronto Argonauts Rodney Allison  LB Saint Mary's

20. British Columbia Lions Dale Parkhouse  TE Western Ontario

21. Calgary Stampeders Dave McMillan  WR Concordia

Concordia Stingers

The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...

22. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Paul Whaley  DB Guelph

23. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tim Maltre  WR Memphis State

Memphis Tigers

The Memphis Tigers represent the University of Memphis in Division I of the NCAA. They are members of C-USA and currently feature nine women's sports and nine men's sports...

24. Montreal Alouettes Charles McMann  TB Wilfrid Laurier

25. Saskatchewan Roughriders John Glassford  LB Wilfrid Laurier

26. Montreal Alouettes Errol Moen  DT Alberta

27. Edmonton Eskimos Darrell Penner  DB 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....

4th Round

28. Toronto Argonauts Brian Utley  TE Saskatchewan

29. British Columbia Lions Gerald Inglis  LB Alberta

30. Calgaray Stampeders Richard Haswell  FB Wilfrid Laurier

31. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Paul Genovese  G 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...

32. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Henry Booy  E British Columbia

33. Ottawa Rough Riders Drew Allan  G 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...

34. Saskatchewan Roughriders Terry West  DB Ottawa

35. Montreal Alouettes Glen Leach  DB Wilfrid Laurier

36. Edmonton Eskimos Rick Scarborough  TB Western Ontario

5th Round

37. Toronto Argonauts Bob Palmer  TB York

38. British Columbia Lions Jim Cimba  DB Western Ontario

39. Calgary Stampeders Larry Titley  LB Concordia

40. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Rick Slipetz  LB York

41. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Wayne Churchill  DE Windsor

Windsor Lancers

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42. Ottawa Rough Riders Doug Kitts  QB York

43. Saskatchewan Roughriders Greg Wood  DB Windsor

44. Montreal Alouettes Bill McIver  DB Queen's

45. Edmonton Eskimos Mark Ackley  WR Toronto

6th Round

46. Toronto Argonauts Doug Falconer  DB Ottawa

47. British Columbia Lions Greg Gardner  QB British Columbia

48. Calgary Stampeders Nick Grittani  DT Toronto

49. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Sokonvin  DT Toronto

50. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gary Anderson  DE Concordia

51. Ottawa Rough Riders Jim Anderson  T Alberta

52. Saskatchewan Roughriders Hugh Gallagher  DE Carleton

53. Montreal Alouettes Paul Szlichta  QB Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers football

The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...

54. Edmonton Eskimos Jim Kemp  T Saskatchewan

7th Round

55. Toronto Argonauts John Montelpare  LB Concordia

56. Toronto Argonauts Peter Sorenson  DT Bishop's

57. Calgary Stampeders Mike Walukavich  DT Concordia

58. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Rick Jeysman  DT Toronto

59. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Claude Riopelle  DE Western Ontario

60. Ottawa Rough Riders Fred Brown  LB Wilfrid Laurier

61. Saskatchewan Roughriders Dalton Smarsh  TB Alberta

62. Montreal Alouettes Rod Millard  DB McMaster

63. Edmonton Eskimos Rob Nelms  DT Carleton

8th Round

64. Toronto Argonauts Jim Trimm  TE Toronto

65. British Columbia Lions Glen Wallace  TB Simon Fraser

66. Calgary Stampeders Bill Lockhart  C Guelph

67. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Frank Mckay  DB Western Ontario

68. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bruce Young  TB Manitoba

69. Ottawa Rough Riders Paul Lojewski  G Windsor

70. Saskatchewan Roughriders Ken Platz  TB Saskatchewan

71. Montreal Alouettes Larry Baines  TB McMaster

72. Calgary Stampeders Norm Hagarty  WR Wilfrid Laurier

9th Round

73. Toronto Argonauts Gary McCann  TB Windsor

74. British Columbia Lions Peter Coll  DB Dalhousie

75. Calgary Stampeders Mike Weller  WR Wilfrid Laurier

76. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Marty Dixon  E Western Ontario

77. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Brian Wagner  DE Manitoba

78. Ottawa Rough Riders Robert Forbes  WR 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...

79. Toronto Argonauts George Beattie  DB Acadia

Acadia Axemen

In their history, the Axemen Canadian football teams have appeared in four Vanier Cup national championships, winning two of those in 1979 and in 1981...

80. Calgary Stampeders Gordon Penn  TB British Columbia

10th Round

81. Toronto Argonauts Maurice St. Martin  T Queen's

82. British Columbia Lions Tony Ricci  G British Columbia

83. Calgary Stampeders Doug Ransome  WR Dalhousie

84. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jon Jewell  LB Western Ontario

85. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Mike Kashty  TE Manitoba

86. Ottawa Rough Riders Chris Kziezopoloski  WR Waterloo

87. Toronto Argonauts Bernie Muldoon  TB Windsor

88. British Columbia Lions Bob Janzen TB British Columbia