The Calgary Stampeders announced the death of running back Lovell Coleman on Thursday. He was 78.

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1960 out of Western Michigan, Coleman never played in the National Football League and joined the Stamps that year.

Coleman would play for eight seasons with the Stamps. A three-time Canadian Football League All-Star, Coleman claimed the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in 1964, becoming the first Stampeders player to do so.

Born in Hamtramck, Michigan, Coleman's 238 yards in a September 14, 1964 game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats remains the Stamps' record for single-game rushing.

Coleman joined the Ottawa Roughriders in 1968, winning the Grey Cup that season. After sitting out the 1969 season, Coleman caught on with the BC Lions in 1970, his final season in the league. He stayed in Vancouver after his playing days to operate a home renovation business before retiring to rural Barriere, BC.

He was added to the Stampeders' Wall of Fame in 1999.