Dick Fouts | |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1933 |
Birth Place: | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Death Place: | Monterey, California, U.S. |
Import: | yes |
Position1: | Defensive end |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lb: | 245 |
College: | Missouri |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1956 |
Nfldraftedround: | 22 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 264 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Los Angeles Rams |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years2: | – |
Playing Team2: | BC Lions |
Playing Team3: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years4: | – |
Playing Team4: | BC Lions |
Cflallstar: | ,, |
Cfleastallstar: | , |
Cflwestallstar: | ,, |
Richard Lee Fouts (August 7, 1933 – August 5, 2003) was an American professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts and the BC Lions. After playing college football at the University of Missouri, where he was an All-American, Fouts spent his entire 13-year CFL career as a defensive lineman. He was named CFL All-Star three times in 1963, 1964 and 1965, and was a part of the Lions' Grey Cup victory in 1964.
In 1965, he was awarded the DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy and named the best lineman in the West Division of the Canadian Football League.[1]