{{Infobox gridiron football person | name = Brian Marcil | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|April 6, 1948}} | birth_place = Richmond, Quebec, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = 71 (CGY) | status = | position1 = Linebacker | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | college = Loyola College (Montreal) | playing_years1 = 1970–1972 | playing_team1 = Calgary Stampeders | playing_years2 = 1972 | playing_team2 = Montreal Alouettes | playing_years3 = 1973–1974 | playing_team3 = Calgary Stampeders | playing_years4 = 1975 | playing_team4 = Ottawa Rough Riders | career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion (1971) }}
'''Brian Marcil''' (born April 6, 1948) is a former professional football player in the Canadian Football League.<ref>{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Ian |title=Montreal youngster understudies outstanding lineman of the year |work=The Montreal Gazette |date=1970-11-27 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X4IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3556,6502906 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Hal |title=Brian Marcil back in camp: Denies Alouettes troubled |work=The Calgary Herald |date=1973-09-20 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=um1kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SX0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3588,4297817 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref>
Marcil was born in Richmond, Quebec, and graduated from Loyola College in Montreal,<ref>{{cite news |title=How the Alouettes stand |work=The Montreal Gazette |date=1973-07-21 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WVwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3955,4683978 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> where he starred on the Warriors' undefeated 1968 team (which has since been inducted into Concordia University's Sports Hall of Fame.)
He had a 6-year CFL career, mostly with the Calgary Stampeders (5 years and 46 games from 1970 to 1974) where he played on the Grey Cup winning 1971 team.<ref>[http://www.cflapedia.com/Database/m.htm CFLAPEDIA]</ref> He also had a short stint with the Montreal Alouettes (9 games in 1972)<ref>''Montreal Alouettes 2006 Media Guide and Record Book''</ref> and finished his career with 2 games for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1975.
Later Marcil became Vice President of the Alouettes Alumni Association, played for the Montreal Irish Rugby Football Club, and entered the commercial real estate business. ==References== {{Reflist}}
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