Lewis Cook is a former award-winning

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in the Canadian Football League. A graduate of University of Idaho, Cook came to Canada to play professional football, having a well traveled career. He began with the Montreal Alouettes, playing 3 games in 1970 (and 21 total regular season games for the Larks) He then moved to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1972 for 2 seasons, his best being his first when he intercepted 6 passes and returned one for a touchdown. He then played one season in the short lived

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with the Detroit Wheels. He again played for the Montreal Alouettes in 1975, returning a punt 98 yards for a TD and winning the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award in a losing cause against the

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. He played 1976 with the

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, rejoined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1977, but was traded to the Als yet again, and finished his career with 2 games for the Toronto Argonauts.2009 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide He had 14 interceptions during his career.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Lewis 1946 births Players of American football from Tucson, Arizona Montreal Alouettes players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Toronto Argonauts players Detroit Wheels players Idaho Vandals football players Living people