To call Damon Allen, the Rodney Dangerfield of CFL quartebacks doesn't seem quite right, but sometimes it doesn't seem Allen gets the respect he deserves. After 23 years in the CFL (1985-2007), Damon Allen is the leading passer in CFL history in virutally every category including yards and t ouchdowns thrown.  Allen is actually the all-time professional football leader, though that record will not likely ever get acknowledged south of the border where he is still Marcus Allen's brother.  Critics might write off Allen's records as the result of simple longevity.  If you play long enough, you can't help but break some career records.  If it was that easy, however, then why has no one else done it?  More than a few times in his career, Allen has been written off as washed up, only to have Allen fool everyone by putting up big numbers and leading teams to the Grey Cup.  Allen started his career as a free agent signing with Edmonton in May of 1985. Edmonton was a QB factory at the time, producing not just Allen, but Matt Dunigan and Tracy Ham, so Allen didn't see a lot of playing time in his four years in Edmonton (1985-88), with his best year coming in 1987 when he clicked on 52.3% of 287 pass attempts for 2670 yards and 17 touchdowns.  Allen also ran for 562 yards and began to establish himself as one of the best running quarterbacks in the league. 1987 also marked Allen's first Grey Cup win as Edmonton beat Toronto 38-36 in Vancouver.  After 1988, Allen became a free agent and signed with the Ottawa Rough Riders, and becoming the undisputed #1 QB on the team for the next three years (1989-91).  In those three years, his yard total increased each year from 3093 to 3883 to 4275 while he continued to dazzle with his feet, rushing for 1036 yards in 1991.  After 1991, Allen became a free agent again, and signed with Hamilton where he played just one season, throwing for 3856 yards and running for another 851.  Hamilton traded Allen back to Edmonton for the 1993 season for QB De Chane Cameron, LB DeWayne Odom, LB Michael O'Shea and LB William Freeney. If not for the inclusion of the talented young O'Shea, that would be one very lopsided deal.  Allen's second stint in Edmonton lasted two years (1993-94) and he threw for over 3000 yards in each season while running for 920 yards in 1993 and 707 yars in 1994.  Allen won his second Grey Cup with the Esks in 1993, as they beat Winnipeg 33-23.  A free agent once more, Allen signed for the 1995 season with the expansion Memhis Mad Dogs.  Ten years into his career and at a point where many players are thinking about retiring, Allen just got better.  For the first ten years of his career, Allen was better known for his running than for his passing as his career completion perentage to that point was just a bit over 50%.  1995, however, seemed to mark a turning point in Allen's career as he became a more accomplished passer, completing a then career high 58.5% of his passes.  With the folding of the American based teams after the 1995 season, Allen was signed by the BC Lions where he began his longest run with any team, playing with the Lions until 2002.  While Allen could still kill you with his feet, he showed he could also do it with his arm as he topped the 60% completion mark for three of those season, with a career high 64.8% in 1997. BC rode Allen's arm to a Grey Cup win in 2000 as the Lions defeated Montreal 28-26, and many thought Allen would end his long and outstanding career at that point.  Damon Allen thought otherwise and his love for the game kept him going for another two years in BC until they decided it was time to go with a younger QB and signed Dave Dickinson who was returning from the NFL.  The Lions husteled the supposedly washed up Allen to Toronto for some draft picks in the 2004 and 2005 drafts just prior to the 2003 season.  Allen showed he was far from washed up as he returned from an early season injury in 2004 to lead the Argos to a 27-19 Grey Cup victory over the self same BC Lions.  While the Argos didn't make it to the Grey Cup in 2005, Allen had one of his best seasons in his twenty first season as he completed 64.1% of his 549 passes and set a career high with 5082 yards passing.  Not bad for an old man.  In his his outstanding career, Allen was named a divisonal All-Star three times (1991 in Ottawa, 1999 in BC and 2005 in Toronto), and an All-Canadian in 2005.  Allen was named the Outstanding Player in the CFL in 2005 and will be a no brainer selection to the Hall-of-Fame when he is eligible