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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Dale Potter
| image = 
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|11|09}}
| birth_place = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = 
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| team = 
| number = 30
| status = Retired
| import = no
| position1 = Linebacker
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 230
| CIS = [[University of Ottawa|Ottawa]]
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1973}}
| playing_team1 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1974}}–{{CFL Year|1983}}
| playing_team2 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1984}}
| playing_team3 = [[Toronto Argonauts]]
| career_highlights = 
* 6× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[63rd Grey Cup|1975]], [[66th Grey Cup|1978]]–[[70th Grey Cup|1982]])
* [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player|Grey Cup MVP]] (1980)
* [[Dick Suderman Trophy]] (1980)
| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1980}}
| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1980}}
| awards =
}}

'''Dale William Potter'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/inductees/dale-william-potter/|title=Dale William Potter|access-date=2019-01-16|archive-date=2019-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416115628/http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/inductees/dale-william-potter/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born November 9, 1949) is a former star linebacker for the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL).

Potter played his university football with the [[University of Ottawa]] Gee Gees; he was named their most valuable player of 1971, and was made captain in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V7YyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1155,2623931&dq=dale-potter+most-valuable&hl=en |title=Dale Potter wins double honor |first=Bob |last=Ferguson |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=7 December 1971 }}</ref> He began a 12-year career with the Eskimos in 1974. During this time, he was paired with [[Danny Kepley]] and [[Tom Towns]] for eight years, forming a linebacking unit that led Edmonton to reach the [[Grey Cup]] final seven times, winning six out of seven. Potter won Defensive Player of the Game and all star in 1980. He finished his career in 1984 with the [[Toronto Argonauts]], playing 5 games.

==References==
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{{63rd Grey Cup}}
{{66th Grey Cup}}
{{67th Grey Cup}}
{{68th Grey Cup}}
{{69th Grey Cup}}
{{70th Grey Cup}}
{{Grey Cup Most Valuable Player}}
{{Dick Suderman Trophy}}

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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian football linebackers]]
[[Category:Edmonton Elks players]]
[[Category:Members of the United Church of Canada]] <!-- Source: McLeod-Stewarton United Church 1997 Reaching Out... pg. 7 -->
[[Category:Ottawa Gee-Gees football players]]
[[Category:Canadian football people from Ottawa]]
[[Category:Toronto Argonauts players]]
[[Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players]]
[[Category:Hillcrest High School (Ottawa) alumni]]

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