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Matt Dunigan (born December 6, 1960 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League who is currently a CFL television analyst for TSN.

Although born in Ohio, Dunigan was raised in Dallas and grew up admiring Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. A member of an athletically-inclined family, he attended Louisiana Tech, where he practically re-wrote the school's record books for football.

Dunigan broke into the CFL in 1983 with the Edmonton Eskimos, and remained with them through the 1987 season. He won a Grey Cup championship in Edmonton in his last year with the club. In 1988, Dunigan joined the B.C. Lions and played with them for two seasons. From 1990 to 1991, he called the plays for the Toronto Argonauts and won a second Grey Cup title with them in 1991. He then became the quarterback of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1992, staying with them until 1994.

During Dunigan's tenure in Winnipeg, the CFL made the bold decision to establish franchises in the United States. In 1995, the league awarded franchises to two Southern cities: Birmingham, Alabama (the Barracudas) and Memphis, Tennessee (the Mad Dogs). Although the Memphis franchise pursued Dunigan's services, it was the Barracudas who eventually snared him. Dunigan had his best year ever as a CFL quarterback in Birmingham. He led the league with 643 pass attempts, 362 completions, 4,911 yards, and 34 touchdowns. These numbers helped catapault his team into the CFL playoffs; however, the Barracudas fell in the first round to the San Antonio Texans.

Unfortunately for the CFL, all of its American-based teams struggled financially, forcing it to disband all of the U.S. teams except the Baltimore Stallions (which moved to Montreal and became the Montreal Alouettes). Dunigan returned north of the border and signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1996 for what would prove to be his final year in the league. He retired after the 1996 season due to chronic head injuries suffered over the years as a quarterback.

After his retirement, Dunigan spent some time at Valdosta State College as their football team's offensive coordinator. In 1999, he took a job as a studio analyst with Canadian sports television channel TSN. In 2004, the Calgary Stampeders lured Dunigan away from TSN and hired him to be their general manager and head coach. After a pitiful 2004 campaign for Calgary, however, Dunigan was fired, and he returned to his job as a television analyst with TSN.

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