Vince Goldsmith

American gridiron football player (born 1959)

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Born:|  (1959-07-20) July 20, 1959 (age 64)
Fort Riley, Kansas, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)| Defensive end
Linebacker
College| Oregon
Career history
As player
1981–1983| Saskatchewan Roughriders
1984| Toronto Argonauts
1985–1987| Calgary Stampeders
1988–1990| Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards

* Second-team All-American (1980)

CFL All-Star| 1983
CFL West All-Star| 1981, 1983, 1988
Awards| 1981 - CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award

Vince Goldsmith (born July 20, 1959) is a former star football player in the Canadian Football League (CFL), as both a linebacker and defensive end.

Goldsmith played college football with the University of Oregon Ducks (from 1977 to 1980) as a defensive tackle. At 230 lbs but only 5 feet 11 inches Goldsmith earned First Team All-Conference honors twice[1] while becoming the school’s only defensive lineman ever to receive the Morris Trophy as top lineman.[1] A 1980 Second Team Associated Press All-American, he recorded 13 tackles in his collegiate debut. His most productive year was as a sophomore, when he tallied 87 tackles (62 unassisted) and 14 tackles for losses.[1] He finished his collegiate career with 281 tackles, including 34 sacks, or tackles behind the line of scrimmage. He was inducted into the University of Oregon Hall of Fame in 2002.[1]

Thought too small for the National Football League, Goldsmith came to Canada and played for 10 years. He made an instant impression in 1981 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, recording 17 sacks, being named an All-Star and winning the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award. He was also an All-Canadian All-Star in 1983. He played with the Green Riders from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1988 to 1990; in his second stint with the Green Riders, he appeared in the team's Grey Cup win in 1989. He played 101 games with the team and came in second in team history for sacks with 89. He played 17 games for the Toronto Argonauts in 1984, and played 3 years (1985 to 1987) with the Calgary Stampeders.

His career total of 130.5 sacks is fifth best in CFL history.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Vince Goldsmith". University of Oregon. Retrieved 2010-08-23.

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Morris Trophy winners

Offense|

* Foster (1980)
* Foster (1981)
* Matthews (1982)
* Zimmerman (1983)
* Lynch (1984)
* Bregel (1985)
* Villa (1986)
* McDaniel (1987)
* Tofflemire (1988)
* Brostek (1989)
* Harlow (1990)
* Kennedy (1991, 1992)
* Steussie (1993)
* Boselli (1994)
* Ogden (1995)
* Sapp (1996)
* Kreutz (1997)
* Scott (1998)
* Claridge (1999)
* Ward (2000)
* Jones (2001)
* Harris (2002)
* J. Rogers (2003)
* Snyder (2004)
* O'Callaghan (2005)
* R. Kalil (2006)
* Mack (2007, 2008)
* Brown (2009)
* Smith (2010)
* M. Kalil (2011)
* Yankey (2012)
* Su'a-Filo (2013)
* Peat (2014)
* Garnett (2015)
* Asiata (2016)
* Crosby (2017)
* McGary (2018)
* Sewell (2019)
* Vera-Tucker (2020)
* Ford (2021)
* Vorhees (2022)
* Fautanu (2023)

Defense|

* Goldsmith (1980)
* Jenkins (1981)
* Achica (1982)
* Millard (1983)
* Holmes (1984)
* E. Howard (1985)
* R. Rogers (1986)
* Wells (1987, 1988)
* Tuaolo (1989)
* Emtman (1990, 1991)
* Waldrop (1992)
* Farr (1993)
* Eaton (1994)
* Bruschi (1995)
* Russell (1996)
* Staat (1997)
* Breckterfield (1998)
* W. Howard (1999)
* Carter (2000)
* Coleman (2001)
* Suggs (2002)
* Ball (2003)
* Swancutt (2004)
* Ngata (2005)
* Ellis (2006, 2007)
* Reed (2008)
* Paea (2009, 2010)
* Lotulelei (2011)
* Sutton (2012, 2013)
* Orchard (2014)
* Buckner (2015)
* Thomas (2016)
* Vea (2017)
* Gaines (2018)
* Anae (2019)
* Thibodeaux (2020)
* Tafua (2021)
* Tuipulotu (2022)
* Latu (2023)

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Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Rookie Award

* 1972: Ealey
* 1973: Rodgers
* 1974: Cvijanovich
* 1975: Clements
* 1976: Sciarra
* 1977: Bright
* 1978: Poplawski
* 1979: Kelly
* 1980: Miller
* 1981: Goldsmith
* 1982: Isaac
* 1983: Shepherd
* 1984: Wilson
* 1985: Gray
* 1986: Hallman
* 1987: Fenerty
* 1988: Lee
* 1989: Jordan
* 1990: Barnes
* 1991: Volpe
* 1992: Richardson
* 1993: O'Shea
* 1994: Goodwin
* 1995: Baker
* 1996: Anderson
* 1997: Mitchell
* 1998: Muhammad
* 1999: Lacoste
* 2000: Johnson
* 2001: Simpson
* 2002: Clermont
* 2003: Cutolo
* 2004: Lewis
* 2005: Walls
* 2006: Hunt
* 2007: Wake
* 2008: Dressler
* 2009: Mallett
* 2010: Elimimian
* 2011: C. Williams
* 2012: Matthews
* 2013: Jones
* 2014: McCoil
* 2015: Walker
* 2016: Daniels
* 2017: Wilder
* 2018: Ward
* 2019: Holley
* 2021: J. Williams
* 2022: Schoen
* 2023: Stiggers

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 77th Grey Cup champions

* 1 Jeff Bentrim
* 2 Eddie Ray Walker
* 4 Albert Brown
* 5 Kent Austin
* 7 Richie Hall
* 9 Mark Guy
* 10 Terry Baker
* 14 Tim McCray
* 16 Tom Burgess
* 18 Jeff Fairholm
* 19 John Hoffman
* 20 Lionel Vital
* 21 Jeff Treftlin
* 22 Donovan Wright
* 24 Rob Bresciani
* 26 Harry Skipper
* 27 Glen Suitor
* 30 Cedric Moses
* 32 Milson Jones
* 35 Kevin Dixon
* 36 Dave Ridgway
* 39 Dave Albright
* 41 Eddie Lowe
* 44 Roger Aldag
* 49 Kelly Trithart
* 51/72 Dan Payne
* 54/76 Mark Urness
* 57 Bob Poley
* 61 Bryan Illerbrun
* 62 Vic Stevenson
* 63 Bill Henry
* 64 Ken Moore
* 66 Mike Anderson
* 68 Mike Turner
* 70 Vince Goldsmith
* 71 Bobby Jurasin
* 74 Dan Rashovich
* 76 James Curry
* 77 Wayne Drinkwalter
* 78 Gary Lewis
* 80 Don Narcisse
* 81 Ray Elgaard
* 85 James Ellingson
* 86 Ray McDonald
* 91 Tuineau Alipate
* 99 Chuck Klingbeil

* President: Tom Sheppard
* General Manager: Al Ford
* Assistant General Managers: Larry Mueller, Dan Rambo

* Head coach: John Gregory
* Assistant coaches: Dick Adams, Ron Cherkes, Ted Heath, Gary Hoffman, Pat Sartori

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