Anthony Calvillo

Keynote Speaker | Montreal, Quebec

Cfl Grey Cup Champion & Cancer Survivor
Leadership,resilience and Teamwork Expert

Anthony Calvillo's Expertise: Leadership, Leadership and Change, Teamwork, Collaboration, Health Performance, Peak Performance, Resilience & Adversity, Mindset & Attitude, Mindset & Goal Accomplishment, Athletes & Sports and Cancer Awareness.

Anthony Calvillo

About Speaker Anthony Calvillo

Canadian keynote speaker, Anthony Calvillo is a Hall of Fame CFL icon, and former quarterback—current offensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes. He is a Canadian Football League quarterback who is currently the offensive coordinator for the Montréal Alouettes. He is the all-time professional football passing yards leader, first in all-time CFL passing with 79,816 yards, and is one of only a few professional quarterbacks to have passed for 400 touchdown passes. Anthony Calvillo won three Grey Cup championships and was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player in 2002. He won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player Award three times and was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2017. Anthony Calvillo continues his passion for football, working as a football coach and remains active in the community, supporting many charitable causes.

Anthony Calvillo Speaks at 2014 Spartan Foundation Lunch

Anthony Calvillo Speaks at 2014 Spartan Foundation Lunch

Anthony Calvillo Takes a Look Back at His Extraordinary Career

Anthony Calvillo Takes a Look Back at His Extraordinary Career

Anthony Calvillo Interview: Nov. 12, 2014

Anthony Calvillo Interview: Nov. 12, 2014

Anthony Calvillo Biography

From humble beginnings to a championship quarterback who played professional football for 20 years, Anthony Calvillo has a story to tell that will inspire and motivate your team. Anthony Calvillo is an experienced keynote speaker who can relate to everyone with his humility and down-to-earth nature while he shares the lessons he has learned from football and in life.

Anthony Calvillo is a CFL Grey Cup Champion, coach, teammate, husband, father, cancer survivor, and gentleman and each of those roles help him connect to people on different levels. Anthony Calvillo is the all-time professional football passing yards leader and first in all-time CFL passing yards. In his career, he has passed for over 70,000 yards and is one of four professional quarterbacks to have completed over 400 touchdown passes.

Anthony Calvillo is a Canadian Football League icon as former quarterback and current offensive coordinator with the Montreal Alouettes. Anthony Calvillo won three Grey Cup championships in 2002, 2009, and 2010, being named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player in 2002. Anthony Calvillo has won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player Award three times, in 2003, 2008, and 2009.

Anthony Calvillo started his Canadian Football League career in 1994 with the US expansion Las Vegas Posse. After the Posse folded a year later, Anthony Calvillo was selected first overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the dispersal draft. While in Hamilton, he served as a backup quarterback to players such as Steve Taylor and Matt Dunigan. In 1998, Anthony signed as a free agent with the Montreal Alouettes, where over 16 seasons he became one of the most outstanding CFL quarterbacks in history.

Anthony Calvillo is a motivational speaker who shares his story with audiences across Canada. Anthony’s life is a testament to a life of facing adversity, raising the bar, and making changes along the way to succeed in life both personally and professionally. The numbers, statistics, and accomplishments speak for themselves and he is well recognized as one of Canada’s top quarterback’s, with a story of survival, grit, determination and overcoming all odds.

But Anthony Calvillo is more than just the numbers; he is hard-working and driven, yet down-to-earth, and humble – a true leader. He is a motivational speaker who shares his story to audiences across Canada.

He has always placed great importance on giving back to the community. His own life was changed by people stepping up and giving their time, their energy, and their passion to make a difference and better their communities. Giving back continues to be an important part of his mission in life.

Anthony Calvillo Topic Presentations

Anthony Calvillo From Montreal, Quebec, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Leadership: Learn, Lead, Inspire

Excellence: Raising the Bar

Quarterbacking Teamwork

Overcoming Adversity

Interviews
Anthony Calvillo
  • Anthony Calvillo Interview: Nov. 12, 2014
Podcasts
Anthony Calvillo
  • Mm45: Anthony Calvillo: Former Alouettes Quarterback
Articles
Anthony Calvillo
  • Anthony Calvillo: the Cycle of Violence Stopped at Me

Anthony Calvillo Speaking Testimonials

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