MONTREAL – Matthieu Quiviger of Montreal is among five athletes recently selected for induction to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame.

Quiviger was born Nov. 5, 1970 and went on to become the first architecture student in two decades to play football at McGill. He graduated with two degrees, earning a science degree in 1994, followed by a bachelor of architecture in 1995. A five-year starter at offensive tackle from 1990 to 1994, he earned all-conference honours twice in addition to meriting first team all-Canadian honours on two occasions -- in 1992 and 1994.
 
Quiviger won the Fred Dupre Trophy as Redmen football rookie of the year in 1990 and was a three-time winner of the team's Touchdown Club Trophy as most outstanding lineman.

In January of 1995, he was one of only two CIS players selected for the East-West Shrine Bowl, an annnual showcase primarily designed for NCAA seniors looking to be drafted. He was then selected in the first round (10th overall) by Saskatchewan in the Canadian Football League's College Draft. He played for the Montreal Alouettes in 1996 but his playing career was cut short by a recurrent knee injury. He later served as a TV colour commentator and occasional host with RDS from 1998 to 2002, including a pair of Grey Cup games.

Other new laureates for the hall of fame include Olympic gold medalist Kim St-Pierre of Chateauguay, Que., the late Jack McGill, a former Montreal Canadiens left-winger from Ottawa, swimmer Holly McComb of Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., and ex-Alouettes running back Peter Howlett of Westmount, Que.
 
Profiles of each new inductee will be posted online at www.mcgillathletics.ca each Wednesday. Biographies of all previous inductees to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame are available online at http://www.mcgillathletics.ca/hof.aspx

The induction luncheon will kick-off the University's Homecoming Week celebrations on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 and only 200 tickets are available for the ceremony, scheduled to be held off campus for the first time, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Tickets are $65 and can be reserved by contacting the McGill Alumni Association at 514-398-8288.

Submissions for next year's induction can be made by obtaining a nomination brochure from Samantha Rogers at samantha.rogers@mcgill.ca and submitting the form by March 1.  


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Earl Zukerman
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