Gerry Dattilio sees good things ahead for Nathan Rourke, a fellow Canadian QB who has taken the CFL by storm.
Dattilio was the next Canadian to see significant playing time in the CFL after Jackson’s Canadian Football Hall of Fame career ended and beforeDattilio spent 11 seasons in the CFL, with the Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes/Concordes and the Calgary Stampeders before retiring from football after the 1985 season.“It’s frustrating because I’m not the last one, but I’m one of the last Canadians to play at the position,” said, who resides in Calgary.
On July 29, he led the Lions to a 32-17 win over the Riders. The young quarterback rallied the Lions from a 17-4 second-quarter deficit to defeat the Riders. While beating the Stampeders, Rourke eclipsed the record for passing yards by a Canadian quarterback, with 488. He surpassed the previous record of 436 passing yards that he set on June 25 in a 44-3 victory over the Argonauts.
“When I got drafted I knew that I was going into a good situation and that I wouldn’t have to play right away,” he said. “I was able to learn fromIn 1975, Dattilio was a territorial exemption by the Alouettes. His first stint with the Alouettes was cut short by injury and he was released. He finished the season with the Argonauts and then re-signed with the Alouettes in 1976, when he served as the third-string quarterback behind Sonny Wade and Joe Barnes.
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