Ian Sunter
| Date of birth: | December 21, 1952 |
| Place of birth: | Dundee, Scotland |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Kicker |
| College: | None |
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1972-1975 1976 1977-1979 1980 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Detroit Lions Toronto Argonauts Cincinnati Bengals |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Ian Sunter (born December 21, 1952) is a Scottish-Canadian Canadian football place kicker.
[edit] Life
Ian attended Burlington Central High School from 1968 to 1971. Ian had emigrated from Scotland, where he had a strong background in soccer. Ian was encouraged by teachers, Bob Godley and Dale Parker to try-out for the football team as a kicker. This led to him playing for two years on the junior "Colts" team throughout grade nine and ten.
Throughout his senior high school years Ian played for the local Burlington Braves football club for coach Bernie Custis, who Ian describes as being the most influential person in his development towards professional football. In 1972, Ian began a 9-year professional football career in both the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. That first year with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, his 34-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter enabled his team to beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders led by quarterback Ron Lancaster by a score of 13-10.
Following his retirement from professional football, Ian became involved in local amateur sports as both a coach and manager. He has coached the Burlington Braves football team, Burlington minor soccer, and Burlington minor hockey teams, in an attempt to give back to the community that he feels has done so much for him. Ian currently owns and operates an athletic equipment store at Appleby Ice Centre in Burlington, Ontario.
[edit] Highlights
- 1969 BCHS – S.O.S.S.A. High School Soccer Champions
- 1970 Burlington Braves Football Club – Eastern Junior Champions
- 1971 Burlington Braves Football Club – Eastern Junior Champions
- 1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Grey Cup Champions
- Youngest player in the CFL
- Kicked 5 Field Goals in Eastern Final Game
- Kicked winning field goal in the Grey Cup with no time remaining to win 13-10
- Voted Canadian Player of the Grey Cup Game
- Winner of the Nick of Time Award sponsored by Bulova Watch Company
- 1973 Hamilton Tiger Cats
- 1974 Hamilton Tiger Cats
- Eastern Canadian Scoring Champion
- Selected to Eastern Canadian All Star Team
- 1975 Hamilton Tiger Cats
- 1976 Detroit Lions – National Football League
- 1977-1979 Toronto Argonauts
- 1979 Toronto Argonauts Led the CFL in Punting
- 1980 Cincinnati Bengals Kicked the Winning Field Goals in 2 games against the defending Super Bowl Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers – this was the first time a team had beaten the Super Bowl Champions twice in one season.
[edit] Video clips
Winning field goal in the 1972 Grey Cup game
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Dick Suderman |
Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian 1972 |
Succeeded by Garry Lefebvre |
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dundee
- Scottish emigrants to Canada
- Players of Canadian football from Ontario
- Scottish players of American football
- Canadian football placekickers
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- Grey Cup champions
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Canadian players of American football
- American football placekickers
- Detroit Lions players
- Cincinnati Bengals players
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