Curtis Wester

Curtis Wester
No. 61
Date of birth	May 7, 1951
Place of birth	Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of death	May 8, 1995 (aged 44)
Place of death	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	G
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	255 lb (116 kg)
US 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
	DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy (1974); Second-team All-American (1972); First-team Little All-American (1972);
CFL All-Star	1974
CFL West All-Star	1974

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

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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