Don Sweet
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| Date of birth | July 13, 1948 |
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| Place of birth | Montreal Concordes |
| 1985 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| CFL East All-Star | Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian - 1974, 1977, 1979 |
Don Sweet (born July 13, 1948) is a former star football kicker for the
College years
Sweet graduated from
Professional career
In 1972, he began a successful 13-year career with Montreal, the second longest in team history. He played with the Alouettes until 1981 and with the Concordes three more years.
He played 185 regular season games, scoring a team record 1,342 points, including 312 field goals and 325 converts. His most points was in 1976, with 141, and he was an all star in 1977, 1978 and 1979.[1]
Perhaps his greatest fame came in the ultimate CFL limelight, the
Sweet travelled from the heights of glory with the Alouettes to the basement as a member of the newly franchised Concordes. He played 48 games with them over three years, including the dreadful 1982 season, with 2 wins and 14 losses.[4]
Sexual assault allegations
Sweet, who served as both a teacher and a school principal in the Mission school district before retiring in 2010, was charged on March 6, 2021 with four counts of sexual interference, two counts of sexual assault and one count of assault. Two women have accused Sweet of sexually assaulting them while they were Grade 6 and 7 students at Durieu Elementary School in Mission BC in 2007 and 2008. [5]
References
- ^ CFLAPEDIA entry: Don Sweet
- ^ Ex-Coug Don Sweet Kicks Montreal to Grey Cup Win
- ^ a b Win "Sweet"
- ^ Montreal Alouettes All-Time Roster
- ^ "Former Mission school teacher and CFL star charged with sex offences".