Pierre Desjardins

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1941)}}

{{for|the Canadian Olympic sailor|Pierre Desjardins (sailor)}}

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|caption=1971 Topps CFL Card of Montreal Alouettes offensive lineman Pierre Desjardins

|status=Retired

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|position1=Guard |position2=Offensive tackle

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1941|10|28}}

|birth_place=Montreal, Quebec

|College=University of Wyoming

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|Height_ft=6

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|Weight_lbs=240

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|playing_years1=1966–1971

|playing_team1=Montreal Alouettes

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• Grey Cup champion (1970)

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Pierre Desjardins (born October 28, 1941) is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League Montreal Alouettes. Desjardins was an offensive lineman at the guard and tackle positions during his six-year career (1966–1971) with the club. Desjardins' jersey #63 is one of seven retired by the Alouettes.{{cite web | url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/pringle-s-no-27-retired-by-als-1.557067| access-date = 2007-05-09 | title = Pringle's No. 27 retired by Als | publisher = CBC.ca | date = 2005-07-02}}

Desjardins is currently a Canadian businessman, previously serving on the board of directors for Canadian businesses such as Domtar, Labatt Brewing Company, and Imperial Tobacco.{{cite web | url = http://www.empireclubfoundation.com/details.asp?SpeechID=2111&FT=yes | access-date = 2007-05-09 | author = Jackman, Dr. Frederic | title = The Future Is Not What It Was (Introduction) | publisher = The Empire Club | date = 1994-01-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807023551/http://www.empireclubfoundation.com/details.asp?SpeechID=2111&FT=yes | archive-date = 2011-08-07 | url-status = dead }}