Curtis Wester

Curtis Wester
No. 61
Born:	May 7, 1951; Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:	May 8, 1995 (aged 44); Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	American
Position(s)	G
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	255 lb (116 kg)
College	East Texas State
NFL draft	1973 / Round: 9 / Pick: 228
Drafted by	Cleveland Browns
Career history
As player
1973–1975	BC Lions
1979	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1974
CFL West All-Star	1974
Awards	DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy (1974); First-team Little All-American (1972);

Curtis Wester (May 7, 1951 – May 8, 1995) was a guard in the Canadian Football League.

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]

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