Tom Dixon was an all-star and award winning
kicker in the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
.
A graduate of
UBC, Dixon played 4 seasons in the CFL. During his first two, with the
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...
, he was named an all-star and won the
Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy
The Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy is a Canadian Football League trophy, given to the top scorer in the West Division.
Unlike other CFL trophies, there is no East Division counterpart, though the East Division teams were eligible in the 1995 CFL ...
in 1986 for points scored. He finished his career 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 ...
, having score 510 points.
[2011 CFL Record Book]
References
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1960 births
Living people
Edmonton Elks players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Players of Canadian football from British Columbia
Canadian football people from Vancouver
UBC Thunderbirds football players
University of British Columbia alumni