Calvillo returning for 2013
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MONTREAL — Anthony Calvillo says he feels great and he’s playing well, so why retire even if he is 40 years old?
The Montreal Alouettes quarterback who was named a CFL all-star for a fifth time this season announced Thursday that he will return for a 20th season. He signed a contract for a year plus an option year, and will make another decision on whether to continue after the 2013 campaign.
“I have to evaluate every season if I still enjoy what I do, and I do,” Calvillo said. “I strongly believe that this organization is going to continue to have success and I want to be part of that.
“Going on 20 years, at one point, you’re supposed to retire and that day will come. But today’s not it. I have too much passion and love for this organization.”
The league’s all-time passing leader had his left, non-throwing, arm in sling from surgery last Friday to repair a torn labrum that he played through since the third game of the season.
Despite the injury, which forced him to change his throwing motion, Calvillo completed 333 passes for 5,082 yards and 31 touchdowns in 17 starts. It was his seventh season of more than 5,000 passing yards.
And he excelled despite a run of injuries that claimed star running back Brandon Whitaker and, at different times of the season, most of his starting receivers.
— The Canadian Press