Calvin Tiggle

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Calvin Tiggle

| number = 58, 73

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|11|10}}

| birth_place = Fort Washington, Maryland, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 235

| high_school = Friendly
(Fort Washington, Maryland)

| college = Georgia Tech

| draftyear = 1991

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 174

| pastteams =

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1991|1992}})
• Toronto Argonauts ({{CFL Year|1994|1995}})
• Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|1996|1999}})
• Toronto Argonauts ({{CFL Year|2000|2001}})

| highlights =

• 3× CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|1994}}, {{CFL Year|1998}}, {{CFL Year|1999}})
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award ({{CFL Year|1999}})
• James P. McCaffrey Trophy ({{CFL Year|1999}})
• National champion (1990)
• First-team All-ACC (1990)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 1.0

| pfr = TiggCa20

}}

Calvin Bernard Tiggle (born November 10, 1968) is an American former award-winning linebacker in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

After graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology (playing with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets), he was drafted by and played two seasons (1991 and 1992) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL), where in 24 games he recorded one quarterback sack.{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

He came to Canada in 1994, playing his first of 4 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts. He was an all star in his first season, setting the team record with 129 tackles. He moved to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for 4 seasons in 1996, and was an all star in 1998 and 1999, also winning the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 1999. He finished his career with Toronto in 2000 and 2001, where he was again an all star in 2000. He had the most single game tackles by a Hamilton Tiger-Cat (15).

In 2004, he was issued a departure order to leave Canada after an Immigration Minister's permit to play football expired.