Don Paquette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian football player
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Place of Birth: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
About Don Paquette
- Don Paquette (January 23, 1939 – July 29, 2017) was a Canadian Football League player whose main position was offensive guard, but also defensive end.
- He played for 4 teams from 1958 to 1965. After playing college football at Niagara-On-The-Lake HS, now Niagara College, Don Paquette joined the Hamilton Tiger Cats in 1958 mostly as an offensive lineman and remained with them until 1960.
- In 1961, he was involved in a blockbuster trade when he and Bernie Faloney were dealt to the Montreal Alouettes for Hal Patterson and Sam Etcheverry.
- But since Faloney and Etcheverry exercised their no-trade contract clause, the deal became even up Paquette for Patterson, considered by many people as one of the worst trades in Alouette history.
- Although Paquette played in all 14 games in 1961 and 1963, he did not stand out and was traded 3 more times before retiring.
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