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Curtis Wester

Curtis Wester

American gridiron football player (1951–1995)

Curtis Wester (May 7, 1951 – May 8, 1995) was a guard in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Wester played college football at East Texas State where he was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team guard on the 1972 Little All-America college football team.[1] He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.[2] He came to Canada in 1974 and played with the BC Lions for three seasons, his best year being 1974, when he was an all-star and won the DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy as best lineman in the West Division (and was runner-up for the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award). He played 33 regular season games for the Leos.[3] He also played one season, 1979, with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

In 1990, he was elected to the Texas A&M-Commerce (East Texas State) Athletic Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "UC Davis QB Is Little All-American". Santa Cruz Sentinel. December 6, 1972. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    Texas A&M-Commerce Drafted Players/Alumni
  3. [3]
    1998 BC Lions Media Guide
  4. [4]
    "Texas A&M-Commerce (East Texas State) Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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