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Dean Dorsey

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Place of birth
  
Toronto, Ontario

Height
  
1.80 m

CFL status
  
National

Weight
  
86 kg


Name
  
Dean Dorsey

Education
  
University of Toronto

Role
  
American football player

Positions
  
Placekicker


Date of birth
  
(1957-03-13) March 13, 1957 (age 58)

High school
  
Agincourt Collegiate Institute

1982
  
Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

1984–1990
  
Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)

Dean Dorsey (born March 13, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian football placekicker in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Toronto.

Dorsey took over kicking duties with the Toronto Argonauts with the departure of Zenon Andrusyshyn during the 1982 CFL season, playing seven regular season and two playoff games. He began a long association with Ottawa football in the 1984 CFL season playing through the 1990 CFL season. He has gone on to coach the Ottawa Junior Riders from 1997 to 1998 and was a volunteer coach for the Ottawa Renegades. He was even briefly considered as a replacement kicker for an injured Dan Giancola for the expansion Renegades before they finally signed Lawrence Tynes in September 2002.

Dorsey tried his hand with the NFL when he signed as a free-agent with the Green Bay Packers in 1988, played three regular season games with Green Bay, then three games with Philadelphia Eagles, going 5-for-10 in field goals (34 long) and 12-for-13 in conversion attempts.

References

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