Don Sutherin
Donald Paul Sutherin "Suds"
Born: February 29, 1936
Empire, OH USA
Deceased: January 11, 2022
Position: DB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 193
College: Ohio St.
High School: Toronto (OH)
Career: 1958-1970
Drafted: 1958 in Round 8, #94 overall by the New York Giants
Coaching record
Don Sutherin played from 1958 to 1970 during his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, New York Giants, Ottawa Rough Riders, Pittsburgh Steelers and Toronto Argonauts. Sutherin intercepted 59 passes for 599 yards in his career.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 97.9 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CFL | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 10 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23 | 62 | 2.7 | 13 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| CFL | 29 | 70 | 2.4 | 13 | 1 | |
| Totals | 29 | 70 | 2.4 | 13 | 1 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CFL | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 52 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 22 | 1223 | 55.6 | 83 | 1 | 7 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 43 | 35 | 81.4 | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 4 | 58 | 3414 | 58.9 | 79 | 0 | 69 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 44 | 37 | 84.1 | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 4 | 35 | 2067 | 59.1 | 75 | 0 | 40 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 37 | 34 | 91.9 | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 13 | 47 | 2722 | 57.9 | 80 | 2 | 94 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25 | 19 | 76.0 | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 5 | 39 | 2242 | 57.5 | 85 | 1 | 82 |
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31 | 25 | 80.6 | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 11 | 43 | 2574 | 59.9 | 77 | 0 | 66 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 41 | 2343 | 57.1 | 90 | 1 | 30 |
| 1968 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 51 | 44 | 86.3 | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 8 | 63 | 3749 | 59.5 | 85 | 3 | 106 |
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 47 | 43 | 91.5 | 42 | 18 | 42.9 | 12 | 65 | 3686 | 56.7 | 80 | 1 | 110 |
| 1970 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 341 | 48.7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CFL | 319 | 270 | 84.6 | 258 | 114 | 44.2 | 68 | 420 | 24361 | 58.0 | 90 | 9 | 689 | |
| Totals | 319 | 270 | 84.6 | 259 | 114 | 44.0 | 68 | 420 | 24361 | 58.0 | 90 | 9 | 689 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | 639 | 42.6 | 84 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 44 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | 502 | 38.6 | 50 | 1 |
| CFL | 30 | 1222 | 40.7 | 84 | 1 | |
| Totals | 30 | 1222 | 40.7 | 84 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 44 | 203 | 4.6 | 29 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 68 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 57 | 274 | 4.8 | 29 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 22 | 0 |
| 1968 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NFL | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| CFL | 167 | 793 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Totals | 179 | 861 | 4.8 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| NFL | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| CFL | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 14 | 256 | 18.3 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 56 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 45 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 36 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 32 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| 1968 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 35 | 1 |
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 10 | 98 | 9.8 | 50 | 1 |
| 1970 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 1 |
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CFL | 58 | 599 | 10.3 | 56 | 3 | |
| Totals | 59 | 599 | 10.2 | 56 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| NFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 4 | 69 | ||||
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 5 | 78 | ||||||
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||
| 1964 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 15 | 94 | |||||||
| 1965 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 82 | ||||||
| 1966 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 67 | |||||||
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 30 | ||||
| 1968 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 44 | 11 | 112 | |||||||
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 116 | |||||||
| 1970 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 270 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 714 | |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 270 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 714 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | |
| 1959 | NFL | New York Giants | 2 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1967 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | |
| 1968 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | |
| 1969 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | |
| 1970 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 5 |
Honors
1961 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1962 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1962 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1964 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1964 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1965 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1968 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1969 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1969 - CFL CFL East All-Star
