Curtis Wester

Curtis Wester
No. 61
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born	May 7, 1951; Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 8, 1995 (aged 44); Costa Rica
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
College	East Texas State
NFL draft	1973: 9th round, 228th overall pick
Career history
1973–1975	BC Lions
1979	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Awards and highlights
	DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy (1974); CFL All-Star (1974); CFL West All-Star (1974); Second-team All-American (1972); First-team Little All-American (1972);

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

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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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