Robert Glen Suitor (born November 24, 1962) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and retired football

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who played eleven seasons for the

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of the

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(CFL). Currently, he broadcasts CFL games for TSN, which he has been doing since

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. Suitor attended Carson Graham Secondary School.

Football career

In 1984, Suitor was drafted out of Simon Fraser University into the CFL with the 10th pick overall by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In his 11-year career, Suitor was a three-time CFL All-Star (1991–93) and a four-time Western All-Star (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993). He won the

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with Saskatchewan in

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(and was the holder on the game-winning field goal). He ranks among the CFL all-time leaders in

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with 51.

Broadcast career

Suitor began his broadcasting career while still playing with the Roughriders, when he became the sports director and morning co-host with CJME-AM radio and CIZL-FM from 1991-93. After joining the TSN broadcast booth as a guest analyst for the 1994 Grey Cup, Suitor retired from the CFL prior to the 1995 season, and joined TSN as a full-time television game analyst, alongside Gord Miller. Suitor currently works as the lead game analyst on ''

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'', first alongside John Wells, then alongside

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, and Rod Black. Suitor is currently paired alongside Rod Smith. Suitor is also featured contributor to ''The Sports Cage'', which is a daily sports show that airs from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on 620 CKRM in Regina. The show is hosted by Michael Ball.

Awards and honours

In 2006, Suitor and

won the Gemini Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst. Suitor has also been nominated four times for Canadian Screen Awards for Best Sports Analyst, and won the award for his work on the 100th Grey Cup game in 2014. In August 2015, Suitor was appointed honorary colonel of

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. Suitor was succeeded in the position by Kendra Kincade in March 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suitor, Glen 1962 births Living people Canadian football defensive backs Canadian Football League announcers Canadian radio sportscasters Canadian Screen Award winning sportscasters Canadian television sportscasters People from the Capital Regional District Players of Canadian football from British Columbia Saskatchewan Roughriders players Simon Fraser Red Leafs football players Canadian football people from New Westminster