
PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1958, 1960-1966
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS 1967-1969
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1970
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN DEFENSIVE BACK 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE BACK 1962, 1964, 1969
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969
DON SUTHERIN WAS A WILY DEFENSIVE BACK AND A PREMIER PLACE KICKER DURING HIS 12 YEARS IN THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
"SUDS” LED THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN SCORING IN 1961 (69 POINTS), 1964 (94 POINTS), 1965 (82 POINTS) AND 1968 (112 POINTS). HE WAS THE EASTERN PASS INTERCEPTION LEADER IN 1961 AND 1962. HE WAS ALSO THE CFL KICKOFF LEADER IN 1969 WITH 3,686 YARDS ON 65 KICKOFFS.
DURING HIS CAREER, SUTHERIN SCORED 714 POINTS AND INTERCEPTED 58 OPPOSITION PASSES. HE PARTICIPATED IN 22 PLAYOFF GAMES, SCORING 123 POINTS, AND INTERCEPTED 12 PASSES FOR 147 YARDS IN POST-SEASON PLAY. DON SUTHERIN PLAYED IN EIGHT GREY CUP GAMES AND WAS A VALUED MEMBER OF FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP SQUADS.
INDUCTED 1992 - PLAYER
Class of 1992 Ken Charlton, Ellison Kelly, Ralph W. Cooper