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Don Sutherin
Date of birth(1936-02-29)February 29, 1936
Place of birthEmpire, Ohio, U.S.
Date of deathJanuary 11, 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 85)
Place of deathCanton, Ohio, U.S.
Career information
CFL statusInternational
Position(s)DB/K
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight193 lb (88 kg)
US collegeOhio State
NFL draft1958 / round: 8 / pick: 94
Drafted byNew York Giants
Career history
As coach
1981Ottawa Rough Riders (Defensive Line)
1982–1984Ottawa Rough Riders (Defensive Coordinator)
1985–1990Edmonton Eskimos (Defensive Secondary Coach)
1991Montreal Machine (Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs)
1992–1993Calgary Stampeders (Defensive Backs)
1994–1997Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Head Coach)
1998–2002Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Defensive Coordinator)
As player
1958Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
1959New York Giants
1959–1960Pittsburgh Steelers
1960–1966Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
1967–1969Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)
1970Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star1962, 1964, 1969
CFL East All-Star1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969
Career stats

Don Paul "Suds" Sutherin[1] (February 29, 1936 – January 11, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back and placekicker in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1992).

Playing career

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Sutherin played college football at Ohio State, and kicked the game-winning field goal in the 1958 Rose Bowl, giving Ohio State its third national championship. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the eighth round of the 1959 NFL draft and played in the NFL from 1959-1960 for the Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Sutherin started his playing career with Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1958. After playing in the NFL, he returned to Hamilton in 1960, where he would play seven more seasons. He played for the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1967–1969 and the Toronto Argonauts in 1970. For Hamilton, his highest number of interceptions was 11 in 1961, 8 in 1962, and 6 in 1964 and for Toronto, 10 in 1969, for a total of 58 interceptions and 3 touchdowns. He spent a total of 12 years as a player in the CFL and played in eight Grey Cups, winning four.

While with the Tiger-Cats, he was noted for being both a defensive back as well as a placekicker and he led the CFL in points for several years.

Sutherin was honoured on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Wall of Fame at Ivor Wynne Stadium on October 24, 2008.

Coaching career

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After his playing career, Don Sutherin was an assistant coach with the Edmonton Eskimos from 1985 to 1990, the Calgary Stampeders from 1992 to 1994,[2] and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1994 to 2002. He was promoted to head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1994 and remained in that role until 1997.[3]

Personal life and death

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Sutherin died from complications of COVID-19 in Canton, Ohio, on January 11, 2022, at the age of 85.[4][5]

CFL coaching record

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Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Result
HAM 1994 3 9 0 .250 5th in East Division - - Failed to Qualify
HAM 1995 8 10 0 .444 4th in North Division 0 1 Lost in North Semi-Final
HAM 1996 8 10 0 .444 3rd in East Division 0 1 Lost in East Semi-Final
HAM 1997 1 5 0 .167 4th in East Division - - Fired mid-season
Total 20 34 0 .370 0 Division
Championships		 0 2 0 Grey Cups

References

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  1. ^ "Don Sutherin". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "Stampeders Mourn the Death of Don Sutherin". January 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "TIGER-CATS HISTORY". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ Jones, Terry (January 13, 2022). "Jones: Remembering Don Sutherin, one of the CFL greats". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Rabinowitz, Bill (January 11, 2022). "Don Sutherin, who kicked game-winning field goal for Ohio State in '58 Rose Bowl, has died". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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