Larry Uteck

Larry Uteck was a homegrown defensive back who was born in Thornhill, Ontario and played college football at Colorado for two years. Uteck then transferred to Wilfrid Laurier where he completed his college career. Uteck started his CFL career with the Toronto Argonauts in 1974 and played three seasons for the double blue (1974-76). Uteck had an impressive rookie season, recording four interceptions and then won East All-Star honours in both 1975 and 1976. Uteck played out his option in 1976 with Toronto and the Argos then traded his rights to BC. Uteck refused to report and was suspended, but finally joined he BC Lions for the last 7 games of the1977 season. BC traded Uteck to Montreal in 1978 for offensive lineman John Beaton. Uteck played in all 16 games with the Als in both 1978 and 1979. Uteck's final season was in 1980 which he split between Montreal and Ottawa. Uteck finished with 12 career interceptions, including one run back 46 yards for a touchdown in 1975. Especially early in his career, Uteck was used on kickoff and punt returns. Larry Uteck passed away from ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease on December 25, 2002. Uteck was a teammate of Tony Proudfoot who also passed away from ALS.

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GP, Interceptions and Fumble Returns
Year Team GP Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF
1974 TOR 16 4 6 1.5 0 8 1 20 20 0 20
1975 TOR 16 3 46 15.3 1 46 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TOR 11 2 33 16.5 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BC 7 1 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MON 16 2 48 24 0 42 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

KO and Punt Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long
1974 TOR 3 30 10 0 21 35 234 6.7 0 25
1975 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 33 259 7.8 0 37
1976 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 27 297 11 0 28
1977 BC 3 52 17.3 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MON 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 6
1979 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 OTT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1974 TOR 0 0
1975 TOR 1 1
1976 TOR 3 2
1977 BC 0 0
1978 MON 0 0
1979 MON 0 0
1980 OTT 0 0
1980 MON 0 0
Larry Uteck (1978)