Alouettes coach Sam Etcheverry had suspended running back Dennis Duncan and receiver Bob McCarthy for curfew violations.
During the first quarter of the 1970 Grey Cup game, the Alouettes were third-and-one at the Calgary Stampeders' ten-yard line.
Alflen was sent in as a play courier with instructions for a hand-off up the middle to running back Moses Denson for the third-down gamble.
Denson caught site of Alflen open downfield and launched a perfect strike.
"[4] After his football career, Alflen worked in sales for a chemical company, was an assistant football coach at Miami Edison High School in Miami, Florida, for two years, and then worked as director of sales and development for a sun-care products company.