Long before Glen Suitor became a fixture on television screens as a media personality on the CFL on TSN, he was a standout defensive back terrorizing opposition offences on the gridiron throughout his entire 11-year CFL career all spent with the Saskatchewan Rougriders.
Born in New Westminster, BC but growing up in North Vancouver, Glen attended Carson Graham Secondary where he played quarterback and defensive back and was named team MVP in 1980 in addition to being the school’s male athlete of the year.
Suitor would stay close to home to continue pursuing his football dreams as he made his way to Burnaby Mountain to suit up for Simon Fraser University. He would be named an NAIA Conference All-Star in 1982, and an Evergreen Conference All-Star in 1983. Those honours were enough to attract the attention of the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders who would make him a second-round draft (10th overall) in the 1984 CFL Draft.
Suitor would make the Roughriders’ faith in him pay off. He spent his entire 11-season CFL career from 1984 to 1994 in Saskatchewan and was a three-time CFL All-Star (1991-93) and a five-time CFL West All-Star (1989-93). He also played an instrumental part in the Roughriders’ 1989 Grey Cup championship team recording an interception in the Grey Cup game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats while pinning the ball on the go-ahead field goal which stood up as the game-winning points.
Suitor’s 51 career interceptions is the most in Saskatchewan Roughriders history. In addition, Suitor is 9th in league history for all time interceptions and fumble recoveries for all teams.
After his final season, he joined the TSN broadcast booth as a guest analyst for the 1994 Grey Cup game and, since then, he has been a fixture on the CFL on TSN as well as on other media outlets.
