Angelo Santucci

{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1951)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|02|05}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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| number = 23

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| position1 = Running back

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| college = St. Mary's

| playing_years1 = 19751976

| playing_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| playing_years2 = 19771983

| playing_team2 = Edmonton Eskimos

| playing_years3 = 1984

| playing_team3 = Ottawa Rough Riders

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Angelo Santucci (born February 5, 1951) is a former Canadian football running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Rough Riders from 1975 to 1984.

Santucci played university football for the St. Mary's Huskies starting in 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.ca/halloffame/angelo-santucci.html|title=Inductees - Angelo Santucci|work=Saint Mary's University Hall of Fame|access-date=21 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221024442/https://www.smu.ca/halloffame/angelo-santucci.html|archive-date=December 21, 2022}}

Some of his career highlights include being the Most Outstanding Rookie nominee in 1975 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and winning five Grey Cup Championships with Edmonton Eskimos from 1978 to 1982. In the 1978 Grey Cup game, Santucci was selected as the Outstanding Canadian being awarded with the Dick Suderman Trophy.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/ca/alberta/lethbridge/lethbridge-herald/1978/11-27/page-20/|title=Esks should enjoy the winter|date=November 27, 1978|work=Lethbridge Herald|page=20|access-date=18 December 2022}}

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