Sam Platt

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1958)}}

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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

| name = Sam Platt

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|August 19, 1958}}

| birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida

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| position1 = Running back

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 195

| college = Florida State

| playing_years1 = 1981-82

| playing_team1 = Ottawa Rough Riders

| playing_years2 = 1983

| playing_team2 = Tampa Bay Bandits

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Sam Platt (born August 19, 1958) is a former gridiron football player who played with the Ottawa Rough Riders and the Tampa Bay Bandits as a running back.{{cite web|title=Sam Platt|url=https://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=plattsam001|website=JustSportsStats.com|accessdate=26 February 2019}} He scored a touchdown on a 14-yard run in the 1981 Grey Cup, giving Ottawa a 20–0 lead in the first half before Edmonton eventually came back to win the game.