Dave Ridgway

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Dave Ridgway
Position (s):
Kicker 		Jersey number (s):
36
born on April 24, 1959
Career information
Active : 1982 - 1995
CFL Draft : 1981 / Round: 7 / Pick: 76
College : Toledo
Teams
Career statistics
Points scored     2,374
Field goals     574
Extra points     541
Career highlights and awards
  • Dick Suderman Trophy (1989)
  • Gray Cup winner ( 77th )
  • 6 × CFL All-Star (1982, 1987-1990, 1993)
  • 7 × Western All-Star (1982, 1987-1991, 1993)
  • # 36 banned from the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Canadian Football Hall of Fame

David "Dave" Ridgway (born April 24, 1959 in Stockport , England ) is a retired Canadian American football and Canadian football player. He played thirteen seasons in the position of kicker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League .

Career

Born in Stockport in 1959 , Ridgway emigrated to Canada with his family in 1974. From 1977 to 1981 he attended the University of Toledo , where he played college football for the Toledo Rockets . In the CFL Draft 1981 he was selected in the seventh round by the Montreal Alouettes , but they dismissed him in June 1981. He then had a trial training with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers , before he was committed in April 1982 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders .

In 1987 Ridgway was exchanged by the Roughriders for the Edmonton Eskimos , who sent him on to the Alouettes. However, the Alouettes were disbanded shortly afterwards and in the subsequent Dispersal Draft , the Roughriders chose Ridgway. In 1989, 1990 and 1991 he won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy as the top scorer in the Western Division. In 1989 he reached the 77th Gray Cup with the Roughriders . There he scored four field goals , including the winning field goal known as "The Kick" when time was running out. Ridgway was named the most valuable Canadian in the Gray Cup . Ridgway was also a good and constant kicker in the following years, which earned him the nickname "Robokicker". Only in the 1995 season he achieved poor performance. In April 1996 he retired from professional sports. At the time he held eight league records, 18 Roughrider records and was the top scorer of the Roughriders. A year later, his jersey number 36 was banned from the Roughriders. In 2003 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame .

CFL records

record value first broken
Most field goals in one season 59 (1990) 60 (2016), Justin Medlock
Most field goals in one game 8 (1984, 1988) unbroken
Most field goal attempts in one game 9 (1988) 13 (1997) Paul McCallum
Most consecutive converted field goal attempts 28 (1993) 30 (2011), Paul McCallum
Most field goals in a quarter 4 (1988) unbroken
Longest field goal 60 yards (1989) 62 yards (2001), Paul McCallum
Highest field goal rate (min. 25 attempts) 90.6% (1993) 90.9% (2000), Lui Passengeria
Most points in one season 233 (1990) 236: Lance Chomyc (1991)
Most kickoff singles in one season 6 (1982) 9 (1983), Hank Ilesic

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e RIDGWAY NOW HALL OF FAME ROBOKICKER. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Brian Mlazgar, Holden Stoffel: Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present . University of Regina Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-88977-167-3 , pp. 109 .
  3. ↑ a b The Greatest CFL Draft Picks of All-Time from No. 1 to No. 64. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ UPON FURTHER REVIEW: WPG 33, OTT 20. Accessed on February 24, 2018 (English).
  5. ↑ a b c d e Canadian Football League (Ed.): CFL GUIDE & RECORD BOOK® 2017 EDITION . S. 206 .
  6. ↑ Canadian Football League (Ed.): CFL GUIDE & RECORD BOOK® 2017 EDITION . S. 199 .
  7. ↑ Canadian Football League (Ed.): CFL GUIDE & RECORD BOOK® 2017 EDITION . S. 207 .
personal data
SURNAME Ridgway, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ridgway, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian American football and Canadian football player
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockport , England