Two Canadian football players are being inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in Hamilton, Ontario in 2025. They are offensive lineman Bryan Chiu of Vancouver, British Columbia and defensive back Scott Flagel of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Chiu played 13 Canadian Football League seasons as a centre with the Montreal Alouettes from 1997 to 2009. He was a Canadian Football League All-Star seven times. Chiu was honoured in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2008.
In 2022, Chiu was named the CFL’s most outstanding offensive lineman. He was the first Canadian born player in the history of the Alouettes to win the award. Since then, offensive guard Scott Flory of Regina, Saskatchewan was the CFL’s most outstanding offensive lineman while playing for the Alouettes in 2008 and 2009, and offensive tackle Josh Bourke of Windsor, Ontario was the CFL’s most outstanding offensive lineman while playing for the Alouettes in 2011.
Chiu also won two Grey Cup titles in Montreal as a player. They came in 2002 in Edmonton, Alberta (Alouettes beat the Edmonton Eskimos 25-16 at Commonwealth Stadium), and in 2009 in Calgary, Alberta (Alouettes beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 at McMahon Stadium).
This is the second time in the last three years Chiu has been honoured. He was inducted into the British Columbia Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
Flagel played 10 seasons in the CFL from 1982 to 1991. He was with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for six seasons from 1982 to 1987, shared his time with the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1988, shared his time with the Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders in 1989, before two seasons with the Rough Riders in 1990 and 1991.
In 1984, Flagel won a Grey Cup with the Blue Bombers. Winnipeg beat Hamilton 47-17 in Edmonton. Flagel was a CFL All-Star in 1986, 1987, and 1989, and was the CFL’s most outstanding Canadian in 1987. In 2018 CFL games, Flagel had 40 interceptions and seven sacks.
