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Lui Passaglia (born June 7, 1954 in Vancouver, British Columbia) was a record-setting placekicker in the Canadian Football League. After playing wide receiver and kicker/punter for Simon Fraser University, he was drafted by the CFL's BC Lions in 1976. He went on to kick and punt for the Lions for a record 25 years, appearing in a record 408 regular season games, and scoring the most points in regular season play (3,991).

In addition to setting many other records, he was a West Division All-Star nine times, and a CFL All-Star four times. Passaglia won three Grey Cup championships (1985, 1994, and 2000), and was named Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian twice (1985 and 1994). His last-second winning field goal in the 1994 Grey Cup was named the greatest play in BC Lions history.

After retiring in 2000, he was the director of community relations for the Lions. He was inducted to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2006, he was voted one of the top 50 players in CFL history (#30) in a poll conducted by sports television network TSN.