David B. Sapunjis (born September 7, 1967 in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

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) is a former wide receiver for the

Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-old ...

from 1990-1997. Sapunjis won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award two times and was the

Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian The Dick Suderman Trophy (french: Trophée Dick Suderman) for the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian (''Le Canadien le plus précieux de la Coupe Grey'') is awarded annually to the Canadian player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup ...

three times (and is the only player to win the latter award in back-to-back years). He played college football at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

where he was also a member of

The Kappa Alpha Society The Kappa Alpha Society (), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America. It is considered to be the oldest national, secret, Greek-letter social fraternity and was the first of the fraternities which wou ...

. During his playing career, Sapunjis was nicknamed "The Sponge". Currently, Sapunjis is the president of Reliance Metals Canada Limited.

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One-on-one with Dave Sapunjis
1967 births Living people Calgary Stampeders players Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Canadian Award winners Canadian football wide receivers Sportspeople from Toronto Players of Canadian football from Ontario Western Mustangs football players {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub