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====Canadian Football League==== In 1938 (20 years before the CFL was established) [[Joe Zelikovitz]] of the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] caught seven interceptions in one game.<ref>Tommy Shields, The Ottawa Citizen, Monday, 17 October 1936</ref> In an 11-year CFL career, [[Less Browne]] recorded 87 interceptions during the 1980s and 90s, which is both a CFL and all-pro record. He was inducted into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] (CFHF) in 2002. [[Barron Miles]], a defensive back in the early 2000s for the [[BC Lions]] and [[Montreal Alouettes]], recorded 66 interceptions, tied for second all-time, in a 12-year CFL career. He is also the all-time leader in blocked kicks with 13. He was inducted into the CFHF in 2018. [[Larry Highbaugh]] played for the BC Lions and [[Edmonton Eskimos]] during the 1970s and early 1980s, winning six Grey Cups and recording 66 interceptions in his career. At the time of his retirement he was the all-time leader in interceptions. He was inducted into the CFHF in 2004. In a game against the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in 1990, [[Rod Hill]] of the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] caught five interceptions, a CFL record for a regular-season game. Canadian and Pro Football Hall of Famer [[Bud Grant]] of the Blue Bombers, holds the record for most interceptions in a playoff game, also with five, which he accomplished in a game against the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in 1953. Quarterback [[Danny McManus]] has the record for most interceptions thrown in a CFL career with 281. [[Damon Allen]] is a close second with 278 interceptions thrown.
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