CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award

The Most Outstanding Lineman Award was an award annually given to the best defensive player or offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League from the year 1955 to 1973. By the 1974 season, the league decided to make two separate awards for both defensive players and offensive linemen.

CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award winners (1955-1973)

1973 - Ray Nettles (LB), British Columbia Lions 1972 - John Helton (DT), Calgary Stampeders 1971 - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders 1970 - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders 1969 - John LaGrone (DT), Edmonton Eskimos 1968 - Ken Lehmann (LB), Ottawa Rough Riders 1967 - Ed McQuarters (DT), Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders 1965 - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders 1964 - Tom Brown (LB), British Columbia Lions

1963 - Tom Brown (LB), British Columbia Lions 1962 - John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1961 - Frank Rigney (OT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1960 - Herb Gray (DE), Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 - Roger Nelson (OT), Edmonton Eskimos 1958 - Don Luzzi (DT), Calgary Stampeders 1957 - Kaye Vaughan (OT), Ottawa Rough Riders 1956 - Kaye Vaughan (OT), Ottawa Rough Riders 1955 - Tex Coulter (OL), Montreal Alouettes

CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award - Runners Up (1955-1973)

Note: Prior to 1973 the runner up for this award was not the DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy or Leo Dandurand Trophy winners. Finalists were first announced in 1957.

1973 – Ed George (OT), Montreal Alouettes 1972 – Jim Stillwagon (DT), Toronto Argonauts 1971 – Mark Kosmos (LB), Montreal Alouettes 1970 – Angelo Mosca (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1969 – Billy Joe Booth (DE), Ottawa Rough Riders 1968 – Ted Urness (C), Saskatchewan Roughriders 1967 – John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1966 – Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders 1965 – John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1964 – John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1963 – Angelo Mosca (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1962 – Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders 1961 – John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1960 – Kaye Vaughan (OT), Ottawa Rough Riders 1959 – John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1958 – Jackie Simpson (LB), Montreal Alouettes 1957 – Art Walker (OT/DG), Edmonton Eskimos 1956 - Buddy Alliston (LB/OG), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

• 1955 - Vince Scott, Hamilton; Martin Ruby, Saskatchewan; Dale Meinert, Edmonton

See also

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award

References

CFL Publications: 2011 Facts, Figures & Records