playing_years status playing_team statvalue article_title import position honors hand number college statlabel name
1979 1980-1981 retired montreal alouettes ottawa rough riders 25-4-2 ron calcagni
 yes qb all honor southwest conference , 1977 2009 arkansas hall of right 18 university of arkansas record ron calcagni
ron calcagni

ron calcagni -lrb- born february 6 , 1957 -rrb- is a former quarterback for the university of arkansas razorbacks football team from 1975 to 1978 .
calcagni was born in youngstown , ohio .
an all-state in high school , calcagni was initially recruited by bo rein to play for north carolina state university .
however , rein left north carolina state to coach under frank broyles at arkansas and convinced calcagni to follow him there .
rein would return to north carolina state as head coach before calcagni graduated from arkansas .
-lsb- http://books.google.com/books?id=fspnxtc6ueqc&pg=pa31&lpg=pa31&dq=ron+calcagni+arkansas&source=bl&ots=mpt-thr8wk&sig=zst_ycn3wbqrpjnteicogmgzqui&hl=en&ei=lvsetfcba4qr8aa77sstdg&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0cdyq6aewbq#v=onepage&q=ron%20calcagni%20arkansas&f=false] calcagni had a record setting career with arkansas .
his 25 -- 4 -- 2 winning record made him the winningest quarterback in razorbacks history .
calcagni is perhaps best known for his role in the defeat of the heavily favored # 2 ranked oklahoma sooners in the 1978 orange bowl .
following that upset victory calcagni and head coach lou holtz were on the september 11th , 1978 cover of sports illustrated magazine .
-lsb- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/ron_calcagni/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm] he also helped the razorbacks to a 1976 cotton bowl classic victory over the university of georgia and a fiesta bowl tie with ucla .
during his time at arkansas calcagni played alongside chicago bears great dan hampton , running back ben cowins and record setting kicker steve little .
the razorbacks went 10-2 in 1975 , 5-5-1 in 1976 , 11-1 in 1977 and 9-2-1 in 1978 with calcagni as starting quarterback .
