Sam Cvijanovich was an award winning linebacker in the Canadian Football League. Cvijanovich played his college football at California Lutheran University (1970 to 1972), where he was a second team all star in 1970 and was inducted into the Cal Lutheran Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. He played three years with the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL (1974 to 1976), playing 43 games and wearing number 33. In 1974 he won the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award on the strength of his 7 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries.