April 28, 2011
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49 year-old QB battles for starting position in Sudbury (stats)


Who said football was a young man’s sport? Forty nine year old QB Paul Gauthier (NFC Hall of Famer) is competing for the starting position with the Sudbury Gladiators, who are back competing in the Northern Football Conference (Ontario Senior Football league) for the first time in four seasons.

The Spartans are back on the field due to the resurgence of football at the high school level. In five years football has catapulted to the top spot in Sudbury high schools, based on participation numbers. That popularity resulted in the formation of the Sudbury Gladiator Varsity program (Under 20) that compete in the Ontario Football Conference. The natural progression was to re-start the Gladiator senior program.

The 2011 edition of the Spartans will feature three legendary NFC Hall of Famers: quarterback Paul Gauthier, wide receiver Dave St. Amour and defensive back Junior Labrosse.

Incredibly, the 49-year old Gauthier first played for the Spartans back in 1979.

Spartan Head Coach Gord Goddard told the Sault This Week this about the Hall of Fame QB:

“Talk about the love of the game and being a life-long Spartan,” Goddard said of Gauthier. “I’ve had the privilege of watching Paul at practice the past week and he hasn’t lost a step and is throwing as hard as ever. He’s worked incredibly hard to prepare himself physically for the rigours of an NFC season.”

#5 – Paul Gauthier
1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996, 2004, 2006

All Star Selections
Quarterback
1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 2004

League Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
1983, 1985
MVP (Reg Season)
1985, 1996, 2004
MVP (Championship)
1983, 1984

Inducted into the NFC Hall of Fame in 1995

Scoring Statistics
Team Year TD FG 2 PT PAT Safety Rogue TP
Sudbury Spartans 1982 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sudbury Spartans 1983 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Sudbury Spartans 1984 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sudbury Spartans 1985 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Sudbury Spartans 1986 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sudbury Spartans 1996 4 0 0 0 0 0 24
Sudbury Spartans 2004 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Total 14 0 0 0 0 0 84
Passing Statistics
Team Year Yards Att Comp Comp % TD INT Rating
Sudbury Spartans 1982 548 79 44 0.557 7 9 67.4
Sudbury Spartans 1983 925 159 84 0.528 12 10 69.3
Sudbury Spartans 1984 1633 197 104 0.528 18 11 87.8
Sudbury Spartans 1985 1862 230 143 0.622 17 10 94.1
Sudbury Spartans 1986 1674 247 128 0.518 19 10 82.3
Sudbury Spartans 1987 75 11 6 0.545 0 0 75.9
Sudbury Spartans 1990 757 107 51 0.477 9 9 64.3
Sudbury Spartans 1996 1291 174 89 0.511 12 13 67.5
Sudbury Spartans 2004 1587 197 99 0.503 15 14 73.3
Sudbury Spartans 2006 509 72 34 0.472 5 5 65.1
Total 10,861 1,473 782 0.531 114 91 77.1
Rushing Statistics
Team Year No Yards Avg Long TD
Sudbury Spartans 1982 23 122 5.3 23 1
Sudbury Spartans 1983 21 74 3.5 17 3
Sudbury Spartans 1984 24 44 1.8 14 1
Sudbury Spartans 1985 19 98 5.2 20t 3
Sudbury Spartans 1986 25 104 4.2 14 1
Sudbury Spartans 1987 2 15 7.5 12 0
Sudbury Spartans 1990 4 -11 -2.8 1 0
Sudbury Spartans 1996 9 32 3.6 25 4
Sudbury Spartans 2004 ?? ?? ?? ?? 1
Sudbury Spartans 2006 2 0 0.0 3 0
Total 129 478 3.7 25 14
Receiving Statistics
Team Year No Yards Avg Long TD
Sudbury Spartans 1980 1 42 42.0 42 0
Sudbury Spartans 1987 4 62 15.5 28 0
Total 5 104 20.8 42 0
Combine Yards Statistics
Team Year Rush Rec Kick Rtn Punt Rtn Total Yards
Sudbury Spartans 1980 0 42 0 0 42
Sudbury Spartans 1982 122 0 0 0 122
Sudbury Spartans 1983 74 0 0 0 74
Sudbury Spartans 1984 44 0 0 0 44
Sudbury Spartans 1985 98 0 0 0 98
Sudbury Spartans 1986 104 0 0 0 104
Sudbury Spartans 1987 15 62 0 0 77
Sudbury Spartans 1990 -11 0 0 0 -11
Sudbury Spartans 1996 32 0 0 0 32
Sudbury Spartans 2004 ?? 0 0 0 0
Total 478 104 0 0 582

Source: Sudbury Spartans

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