Dante Luciani

{{Short description|Canadian football player}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Dante Luciani

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|9|1}}

| birth_place = Oakville, Ontario

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| import = no

| position1 = Wide receiver

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 180

| CIS = Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

| CFLDraftedYear = 2005

| CFLDraftedRound = 5

| CFLDraftedPick = 34

| CFLDraftedTeam = Edmonton Eskimos

| playing_years1 = 2008–2009

| playing_team1 = Edmonton Eskimos*

| playing_years2 = 2009

| playing_team2 = Montreal Alouettes*

| playing_years3 = 2009

| playing_team3 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers*

| career_footnotes = *Offseason and/or practice roster member only

| career_highlights = * 2005 Vanier Cup champion

| CFL=1382

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

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Dante Luciani (born September 1, 1985) is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in the fifth round of the 2008 CFL Draft. He played CIS football for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

Luciani's 17-yard catch near the end of the 2005 Vanier Cup on a third down and fifteen-yard gamble set up a come-from-behind 24 to 23 victory for the Golden Hawks.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/laurier-wins-vanier-cup-thriller-1.547167|title=Laurier wins Vanier Cup thriller|date=2005-12-04|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=2009-08-06}}

He was signed to the Eskimos practice roster for the 2008 Edmonton Eskimos season{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/eskimos/story.html?id=cd057788-909b-4066-a720-6a4b5a4217d0 |title=Eskimos set practice roster |date=2008-06-23 |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |accessdate=2009-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705151341/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/eskimos/story.html?id=cd057788-909b-4066-a720-6a4b5a4217d0 |archivedate=2008-07-05 }} and returned for the 2009 pre-season but was released on cut-down day before the regular season.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/across-the-cfl-cut-down-day-2009|title=Across the CFL: Cut Down Day 2009|date=2009-06-25|publisher=CFL.ca|accessdate=2009-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629025655/http://www.cfl.ca/article/across-the-cfl-cut-down-day-2009|archive-date=2009-06-29|url-status=dead}}

On September 18, 2009, he was signed to the Montreal Alouettes practice roster. He was released on September 22 and signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on September 23 to their practice roster.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions_september_2009 |title=Transactions - September 2009 |publisher=Canadian Football League |accessdate=2009-09-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909182432/http://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions_september_2009 |archivedate=2009-09-09 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Bombers-deny-Bishop-Kelly-rift-60693832.html|title=Bombers deny Bishop-Kelly rift|last=Tait|first=Ed|date=2009-09-23|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=2009-09-23}}