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Dave Cutler

David Robert Stuart Cutler, football player (b at Biggar, Sask 17 Oct 1945). He joined the EDMONTON ESKIMOS in 1969 as a placement kicker and stayed there for 16 years until his retirement in 1984. Cutler was one of the last kickers to use the straight on kicking syle.

Cutler, David Robert Stuart

David Robert Stuart Cutler, football player (b at Biggar, Sask 17 Oct 1945). He joined the EDMONTON ESKIMOS in 1969 as a placement kicker and stayed there for 16 years until his retirement in 1984. Cutler was one of the last kickers to use the straight on kicking syle. He led the CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE in scoring 7 times and when he retired held the CFL career marks for most converts (627), field goals (464), singles (218) and total points (2237). In 1983 he passed George Blanda to become the all-time points leader in professional football.

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