Curtis Wester
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| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 7, 1951 Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | May 8, 1995 (aged 44) Costa Rica |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | East Texas State |
| NFL draft | 1973: 9th round, 228th overall pick |
| Career history | |
| 1973–1975 | BC Lions |
| 1979 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Curtis Wester (May 7, 1951 – May 8, 1995) was a guard in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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
[edit]- ^ "UC Davis QB Is Little All-American". Santa Cruz Sentinel. December 6, 1972. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Texas A&M-Commerce Drafted Players/Alumni
- ^ 1998 BC Lions Media Guide
- ^ "Texas A&M-Commerce (East Texas State) Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
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