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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 200. Chapters: Don Getty, Doug Flutie, Harold Ballard, Lionel Conacher, List of Grey Cup champions, Jeff Garcia, Johnny Bright, Bud Grant, Warren Moon, Damon Allen, Marv Levy, Tony Proudfoot, Mike Riley, Pinball Clemons, Ron Lancaster, Darian Durant, Ricky Ray, Lawrence Phillips, Joe Kapp, Jason Maas, Roy Shivers, Don Matthews, Danny McManus, Larry Taylor (gridiron football), Jim Van Pelt, Mike Vanderjagt, Anthony Calvillo, Andy Fantuz, Mike Pringle (Canadian football), Dave Dickenson, Wally Buono, Cookie Gilchrist, Marc Trestman, Ted Reeve, Jason Clermont, Buck Pierce, Geroy Simon, Arland Bruce III, Lui Passaglia, John Avery (American football), Russ Jackson, Eric Tillman, Raghib Ismail, Andre Rison, Henry Burris, Sean Millington, Jason Tucker, Ben Cahoon, John Gregory (American football coach), Cal Murphy, Johnny Rodgers, Bobby Singh, Matt Dunigan, Richie Hall, J. I. Albrecht, Tom Clements, Sean Salisbury, Willie Fleming, Cedric Minter, Jackie Parker, John Hufnagel, Travis Lulay, Urban Bowman, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz, Rickey Foggie, Jonathan Brown (gridiron football), Art Walker, Al Bruno, Norman Kwong, Rich Stubler, Jarious Jackson, Byron Bailey, Kent Austin, Jeremaine Copeland, Lenny Walls, Chris Szarka, Greg Marshall (running back), Lance Frazier, Eagle Keys, Paris Jackson, Angelo Mosca, Bernie Faloney, Barrin Simpson, Bob McKeown, Sam Etcheverry, Steve Buratto, Josh Miller, Marco Iannuzzi, Jovon Johnson, Junior Ah You, Jim Trimble, Bruce McNall, David Williams (wide receiver), Al Wilson (Canadian football), Frank Clair, Jamie Taras, Chuck Ealey, Paul McCallum, Bruce Bennett (Canadian football), Rob Murphy (Canadian football), Bill Walker (American football), Jim Gilstrap (coach), Jake Gaudaur, Rollie Miles, Hugh Campbell, Joffrey Reynolds, Troy Davis (gridiron football), George Hees, Mervyn Fernandez, Ray Jauch, Tony Simmons (gridiron football), Tony Gabriel, Tom Higgins (Canadian football), John Barrow (Canadian football), Larry Smith (Canadian politician), Rick Klassen, Teddy Morris, Ray Willsey, Bob O'Billovich, Orlondo Steinauer, R. Jay Soward, Michael O'Shea (Canadian football), Carlos Huerta, Rod Rust, Brandon Browner, Kerry Joseph, Jim Popp, Allen Pitts. Excerpt: Donald Ross "Don" Getty, OC, AOE (born August 30, 1933) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 11th Premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister in the government of Peter Lougheed before leaving politics for the private sector in 1979. He returned to politics six years later to contest the leadership contest resulting from Lougheed's retirement. He defeated two other candidates, and became Premier November 1, 1985. As Premier, Getty was faced with an economic slowdown and falling energy prices, which hit Alberta's petroleum-dominated economy hard. Faced with mounting government deficits and increasing unemployment, he cut social spending and intervened with government money to prevent businesses from failing. Several of these interventions backfired in high profile fashion, failing at their intended objective and costing scarce public funds as well. While some analysts argue that Getty's fiscal program laid the groundwork for Ralph Klein's later balancing of the provincial budget, on Getty's departure from office the government's debt had reached $11 billion, setting the stage for his successor to characterize the Getty years as an era of wasteful and excessive spending. His efforts at strengthening Alberta's presence in Canada initially appeared more successful, as he won the agreement of Canada's other first ministers in including elements of Senate reform in the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, but these efforts came to naught when both accords were rejected-the second by...
