TheDick Suderman Trophy (French:Trophée Dick Suderman) for theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian is awarded annually to the Canadian player deemed to have the best performance in theGrey Cup game, the championship of theCanadian Football League. This award is presented before the Grey Cup trophy is presented.
The winner does not necessarily have to play for the Grey Cup winning team in order to qualify.
The award was introduced at the1971 Grey Cup, and the first winner wasDick Suderman, a Canadiandefensive end. A year later, just six weeks before the playing of the1972 Grey Cup, Suderman collapsed and died from abrain hemorrhage after playing a regular season game; the trophy was subsequently renamed in his honour.
The most wins by a player is three, for bothDon Sweet (completed in1979) andDave Sapunjis (completed in1995). Four other players have won the award twice each.
Dave Sapunjis is the only player to win the award in consecutive (1991,1992) Grey Cup games.
Garry Lefebvre is the only player to be awarded the trophy for his performance at three distinct positions, in three distinct aspects, during a single (1973) Grey Cup game:defensive back, part of thedefense unit of the team;punter, part of thespecial teams unit of the team; andwide receiver, part of theoffense unit of the team. Four other players (one a double winner) have been awarded the trophy for their performance in playing the two distinct, yet related, positions of punter andplacekicker.
Andrew Harris andHénoc Muamba are the only players to win both the Dick Suderman Trophy and theGrey Cup Most Valuable Player award in the same Grey Cup game.
Teams represented by Dick Suderman Trophy winners through the years.
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