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After 55 years and six Grey Cups, Stampeders equipment manager calls it a career

  • George Hopkins will leave the Calgary Stampeders after 55 years with the team at the end of the CFL season.
  • The Stampeders hired Hopkins as a ball boy at age 13 in 1972, and he began overseeing equipment in 1977.
  • Hopkins has missed only five games and has been part of six Calgary Grey Cup championship teams.
  • Saturday’s game against the B.C. Lions will be Hopkins’s 1,094th and final regular-season game with Calgary.
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After 55 years and six Grey Cups, Stampeders equipment manager calls it a career

CALGARY - Calgary Stampeders equipment manager George Hopkins will step down after 55 years with the team at the end of the CFL season.

·Winnipeg, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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