The Dick Suderman Trophy () for the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian is awarded annually to the Canadian player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup game, the championship of the Canadian Football League. This award is presented before the Grey Cup trophy is presented.

The winner does not necessarily have to play for the Grey Cup winning team in order to qualify.

The award was introduced at the 1971 Grey Cup, and the first winner was Dick Suderman, a Canadian defensive end. A year later, just six weeks before the playing of the 1972 Grey Cup, Suderman collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage after playing a regular season game; the trophy was subsequently renamed in his honour.

Player achievements The most wins by a player is three, for both Don Sweet (completed in 1979) and Dave Sapunjis (completed in 1995). Four other players have won the award twice each.

Dave Sapunjis is the only player to win the award in consecutive (1991, 1992) Grey Cup games.

Garry Lefebvre is the only player to be awarded the trophy for his performance at three distinct positions, in three distinct aspects, during a single (1973) Grey Cup game: defensive back, part of the defense unit of the team; punter, part of the special teams unit of the team; and wide receiver, part of the offense unit of the team. Four other players (one a double winner) have been awarded the trophy for their performance in playing the two distinct, yet related, positions of punter and placekicker.

Andrew Harris and Hénoc Muamba are the only players to win both the Dick Suderman Trophy and the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award in the same Grey Cup game.

Dick Suderman Trophy winners

Year Player Position Club Notes1971 Dick Suderman DE Calgary Stampeders 1972 Ian Sunter K Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1973 Garry Lefebvre DB / P / WR Edmonton Eskimos on losing team1974 Don Sweet K Montreal Alouettes 1975 Dave Cutler K Edmonton Eskimos 1976 Tony Gabriel TE Ottawa Rough Riders 1977 Don Sweet K Montreal Alouettes 1978 Angelo Santucci RB Edmonton Eskimos 1979 Don Sweet K Montreal Alouettes on losing team1980 Dale Potter LB Edmonton Eskimos 1981 Neil Lumsden RB Edmonton Eskimos 1982 Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell DT Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Rick Klassen DT BC Lions on losing team1984 Sean Kehoe RB Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1985 Lui Passaglia K / P BC Lions 1986 Paul Osbaldiston K / P Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1987 Milson Jones RB Edmonton Eskimos 1988 Bob Cameron K / P Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1989 Dave Ridgway K Saskatchewan Roughriders 1990 Warren Hudson FB Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1991 Dave Sapunjis SB Calgary Stampeders on losing team1992 Dave Sapunjis SB Calgary Stampeders 1993 Sean Fleming K / P Edmonton Eskimos 1994 Lui Passaglia K / P BC Lions 1995 Dave Sapunjis S Calgary Stampeders on losing team1996 Mike Vanderjagt K Toronto Argonauts 1997 Paul Masotti WR Toronto Argonauts 1998 Vince Danielsen SB Calgary Stampeders 1999 Mike Morreale SB Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2000 Sean Millington RB BC Lions 2001 Aldi Henry DB Calgary Stampeders 2002 Pat Woodcock WR Montreal Alouettes 2003 Ben Cahoon SB Montreal Alouettes on losing team2004 Jason Clermont SB BC Lions on losing team2005 Maven Maurer FB Edmonton Eskimos 2006 Paul McCallum K BC Lions 2007 Andy Fantuz SB Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Sandro DeAngelis K Calgary Stampeders 2009 Ben Cahoon SB Montreal Alouettes 2010 Keith Shologan DT Saskatchewan Roughriders on losing team2011 Andrew Harris RB BC Lions 2012 Ricky Foley DE Toronto Argonauts 2013 Chris Getzlaf SB Saskatchewan Roughriders 2014 Andy Fantuz SB Hamilton Tiger-Cats on losing team2015 Shamawd Chambers WR Edmonton Eskimos 2016 Brad Sinopoli WR Ottawa Redblacks 2017 Jerome Messam RB Calgary Stampeders on losing team2018 Lemar Durant WR Calgary Stampeders 2019 Andrew Harris RB Winnipeg Blue Bombers also Grey Cup MVP2021 Nic Demski WR Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2022 Hénoc Muamba LB Toronto Argonauts also Grey Cup MVP2023 Tyson Philpot WR Montreal Alouettes 2024 Dejon Brissett WR Toronto Argonauts 2025 Samuel Emilus WR Saskatchewan Roughriders

Team achievements Teams represented by Dick Suderman Trophy winners through the years.

Club # of Winners Most recentEdmonton Eskimos/Elks 10 2015Calgary Stampeders 9 2018BC Lions 7 2011Montreal Alouettes 7 2023Saskatchewan Roughriders 5 2025Toronto Argonauts 5 2024Winnipeg Blue Bombers 5 2021Hamilton Tiger-Cats 4 2014Ottawa Rough Riders 1 1976Ottawa Redblacks 1 2016Total for 10 Clubs52 Notes:

See also Grey Cup Most Valuable Player

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