Sam Platt (born August 19, 1958, in
Jacksonville,
Florida
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) is a former
player who played with the
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...
and the
Tampa Bay Bandits as a
running back
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.
He scored a touchdown on a 14 yard run in the
1981 Grey Cup, giving Ottawa a 20–0 lead in the first half before Edmonton eventually came back to win the game.
References
Living people
1958 births
Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Florida
Players of American football from Jacksonville, Florida
American football running backs
Canadian football running backs
Florida State Seminoles football players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Tampa Bay Bandits players
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