The British Columbia Lions are a Canadian Football League team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They play in the West Division.

Founded: 1954

Formerly known as:

Home stadium: BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia

Uniform colours: Orange, black and silver

Helmet design: Silver background, with a black "BC" and a profile of a mountain lion's head (orange)

Western regular season championships: 8 -- 1963, 1964, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2004

Grey Cup finals appearances: 8 -- 1963 (lost), 1964 (won), 1983 (lost), 1985 (won), 1988 (lost), 1994 (won), 2000 (won), 2004 (lost).

Franchise history

Players of note

Canadian Football Hall of Famers

• Byron Bailey
• Tom Brown
• Norm Fieldgate
• Willie "the Whisp" Fleming
• Tom Hinton
• Joe Kapp
• Lui Passaglia
• Al Wilson
• Jim Young

Current stars

• 1 Casey Printers, quarterback
• 2 Sam Young, cornerback
• 3 Ryan Thelwell, slotback
• 12 Dave Dickenson, quarterback
• 26 Carl Kidd, linebacker
• 34 Antonio Warren, running back
• 51 Barrin Simpson, linebacker
• 62 Bobby Singh, right guard
• 64 Angus Reid, centre
• 81 Geroy Simon, slotback
• 82 Jason Clermont, slotback
• 85 Chris Brazzell, wide receiver
• 90 Mawuko Tugbenyoh, defensive lineman
• 97 Brent Johnson, defensive end

Not to be forgotten

• Mervyn Fernandez
• Darren Flutie
• Doug Flutie
• Danny McManus

External links

• B.C. Lions official site: http://www.bclions.com/