Don Sutherin

Don Sutherin
Date of birth	February 29, 1936
Place of birth	Empire, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death	January 11, 2022 (aged 85)
Place of death	Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	DB/K
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	193 lb (88 kg)
US college	Ohio State
NFL draft	1958 / round: 8 / pick: 94
Drafted by	New York Giants
Career history
As coach
1981	Ottawa Rough Riders (Defensive Line)
1982–1984	Ottawa Rough Riders (Defensive Coordinator)
1985–1990	Edmonton Eskimos (Defensive Secondary Coach)
1991	Montreal Machine (Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs)
1992–1993	Calgary Stampeders (Defensive Backs)
1994–1997	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Head Coach)
1998–2002	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Defensive Coordinator)
As player
1958	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
1959	New York Giants
1959–1960	Pittsburgh Steelers
1960–1966	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
1967–1969	Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)
1970	Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
	4× Grey Cup champion: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969 (as a player); 3× Grey Cup champion: 1987, 1992, 1999 (as a coach); National champion (1957);
CFL All-Star	1962, 1964, 1969
CFL East All-Star	1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com; Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;
	Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1992;

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

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

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

Sutherin died from complications of COVID-19 in Canton, Ohio, on January 11, 2022, at the age of 85. He was survived by his wife, Nancy and their four daughters.^[4]^[5]

CFL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	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

^ "Don Sutherin". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
^ "Stampeders Mourn the Death of Don Sutherin". January 11, 2022.
^ "TIGER-CATS HISTORY". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
^ Jones, Terry (January 13, 2022). "Jones: Remembering Don Sutherin, one of the CFL greats". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ 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.

External links

Don Sutherin entry on the Canadian Football Hall of Fame website

[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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