The 1989 CFL Draft saw the 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...

 draft first overall after posting the worst record in the CFL in 1988 at 2–16. Meanwhile, the Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

 champion 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...

 had the last selection in the first round. This draft consisted of eight rounds and 64

64

Year 64 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Crassus...

 selections.

1st Round

1.Ottawa Rough Riders Gerald Wilcox

Gerald Wilcox

Gerald Wilcox is a former slotback who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League for three different teams...

  TE Weber State

2. 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...

  Kevin Smellie  TB University of Massachusetts-Amherst

3. Saskatchewan Roughriders Andrew Thomas CB Massachusetts

4. Saskatchewan Roughriders Donovan Wright  CB Slippery Rock

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a public, master's-level university that offers some doctoral programs in cooperation with Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Both institutions are members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education...

5. 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...

  Michael Soles

Michael Soles

Mike Soles is a former all-star Canadian university and Canadian Football League fullback.Soles played his high school football with the hometown St. Thomas High School and played his university ball in Montreal with McGill University . As a Redman he was a 3 time all-star and rushed for a then...

  TB McGill

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

6. 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...

  Derek MacCready

Derek MacCready

Derek MacCready was a Canadian Football League defensive tackle who played eleven seasons for four different teams.-External links:...

  DE Ohio State

7. Edmonton Eskimos Leroy Blugh

Leroy Blugh

Leroy Blugh is a former defensive lineman who played fifteen seasons in the Canadian Football League for two different teams...

  LB Bishop's University

Bishop's University

Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...

8. Winnipeg Blue Bombers John O'Brien LB York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

2nd Round

9. Saskatchewan Roughriders Dan Payne

Dan Payne

Dan Payne is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think.Among his numerous television appearances was in an advertisement for Speakeasy from Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile phone operator now owned by O2.He also played the part of the Kull...

  DT Simon Fraser

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

10. 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...

  Mike Campbell

Mike Campbell (Canadian football)

Mike Campbell was a defensive end who played ten seasons in the Canadian Football League, winning a Grey Cup and CFL All-Star selection in 1991 whilst playing for Toronto Argonauts.-References:...

  DT Slippery Rock

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...

  Curtis Bell  WR University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

12. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ernie Schramayr  FB Purdue

13. Edmonton Eskimos Randy Beckles  SB University of Calgary

University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...

14. Toronto Argonauts Craig Keller  SB University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

15. British Columbia Lions Paul Wetmore  LB Acadia University

Acadia University

Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level...

16. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Moustafa Ali  CB Carleton University

Carleton University

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

3rd Round

17. Ottawa Rough Riders Sean Foudy  TB York

18.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...

  Louie Cafazzo  DE University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

19. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wayne Drinkwalter  LB Thunder Bay Giants

20. Calgary Stampeders Richard McCrory  T Concordia

Concordia University

Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...

21. Edmonton Eskimos Derek Schumann  S Bishop's University

Bishop's University

Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...

22. Toronto Argonauts Dave Kinzie  DE Bowling Green University

23. British Columbia Lions Matt Pearce  FB British Columbia

24. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bertrand Joyel  TE Bishop's

4th Round

25. Ottawa Rough Riders Tom Schimmer  P Boise State

26. Calgary Stampeders Sroko Zizakovic  LB Ohio State

27. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mark Brus  TB University of Tulsa

University of Tulsa

The University of Tulsa is a private university awarding bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is currently ranked 75th among doctoral degree granting universities in the nation by US News and World Report and is listed as one of the "Best 366 Colleges" by...

28. Calgary Stampeders Brent Pollock  T Fresno State

29. Edmonton Eskimos Louis Olsacher  G aint Mary's

30. Toronto Argonauts Mike Cote  T Colgate University

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

31. British Columbia Lions Rohan Dove  CB Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

32. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Matt Pearce  FB British Columbia

5th Round

33. Ottawa Rough Riders Nenad Radulovich  T Western Ontario

34. Calgary Stampeders Harald Hasselbach

Harald Hasselbach

Harald Hasselbach is a former defensive end who played 7 seasons in the NFL for the Denver Broncos. He played for the Broncos from 1994 to 2000 and was a starter in Super Bowl XXXIII. Previously, he played four seasons for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL and also played in a Grey Cup winning...

 DT Washington

35. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Steve Blyth  DT San Diego State

36. Saskatchewan Roughriders Rob Zimmerman  FB University of Calgary

University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...

37. Edmonton Eskimos Brent Korte  DE Alberta

38. Toronto Argonauts Derrick Joseph  DT Bishop's

39. British Columbia Lions Pat Nield  LB Guelph

Guelph

Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...

40. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jeff Croonen  LB Western Ontario

6th Round

41. Ottawa Rough Riders Trent Brown  DB Alberta

42. Calgary Stampeders Dave Mossman  S Hawaii

43. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Sam Loucks  TB McMaster

44. Edmonton Eskimos Shaun Gardiner  LB Saskatchewan

45. Edmonton Eskimos Rob Davidson  DT Toronto

46. Toronto Argonauts Roger Dietrich  DT Simon Fraser

47. British Columbia Lions Wayne England

Wayne England

-Works:Wayne England has produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books since 2002, and did the cover for Lords of Madness...

  LB Guelph

48. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Lance Scranton  T Dickinson State College

7th Round

49. Ottawa Rough Riders Gord Weber  LB University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

50. Calgary Stampeders Travis Dunkle  DB Calgary

51. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Pete Buchanan  LB Nebraska

52. Saskatchewan Roughriders Kelly Trithart  LB Saskatchewan

53. Edmonton Eskimos Mike Hildebrand  DB Calgary

54. Toronto Argonauts Brian Beckles  C Wilfrid Laurier

55. British Columbia Lions Dave Shaw  LB Waterloo

University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

56. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Paul Hitchcock

Paul Hitchcock

Paul Anthony Hitchcock is a New Zealand cricketer. In 2008 he was recalled into the Black Caps team. The recall only lasted a game and he did not return for the 2008/09 season. He currently plays cricket for the Auckland Aces.-External links:...

  SB Acadia

8th Round

57. Ottawa Rough Riders Don Parrott  LB Bishop's

58. Calgary Stampeders Brian Stiedle  T Simon Fraser

59. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Bill Scollard  P Saint Mary's

60. Saskatchewan Roughriders Greg Galan  QB Saskatchewan

61. Edmonton Eskimos Bruce McDonald S British Columbia

62. Toronto Argonauts Dave Hjarr  LB Carleton

63. British Columbia Lions Mark Nykolaichuk TB British Columbia

64. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ron Bresch T Manitoba

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