º«¹úÂãÎè's Lukca signs pact with Argos
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TORONTO - Anthony Lucka, an all-conference defensive back with the º«¹úÂãÎè Redmen, has signed a two-year contract as a long-snapper with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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Lukca (pronounced luke-ah) is a 24-year-old native of St. Laurent, Que., who played five seasons with the Redmen, from 2005 to 2009.
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The 5-foot-9, 191-pound physical education senior was credited with 209 total tackles, four knockdowns and seven interceptions in 35 career contests. Lukca first learned his long-snapping trade from former Redmen and Argonaut J.P. Darche, who was his next-door neighbor while growing up and played nine seasons as a long-snapper in the National Football League with Seattle and Kansas City.
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Lukca played his high school ball at College Notre-Dame and was named captain of the team in 2002. He moved on to Choate Rosemary Hall, a prep school in Wallingford, Conn., where he was again named captain of the varsity team.
In 2005 he started at º«¹úÂãÎè and the next season he was named º«¹úÂãÎè's most improved player and led the team in interceptions. By the time his senior season rolled around he was named as one of the co-captains.
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º«¹úÂãÎè Redmen in Pro Football
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D'Arcy Doherty Toronto 1932
Bill Pullar Calgary 1946-48,1952-56
John Taylor Montreal 1946
Peter Finlay Montreal 1946
Dave Tomlinson Montreal 1947, Calgary 1947-48, 1954, Montreal 1952-53
John Hammond Montreal 1947
Jim Mitchener Calgary 1948, Montreal 1952-54, B.C. 1956
Harry Irving Calgary 1948
Fred Wilmot Calgary 1948
Wizzer Smith Montreal 1948
Johnny Newman Montreal 1950
Buster Brown Hamilton 1951-52
George Bossy Montreal 1952
Marv Meirowitz Montreal 1952-53
Cec Findlay Montreal 1952-54
Dawson Tilley Montreal 1952
Jim Miller Montreal 1953-58
Geoff Crain Winnipeg 1953
George Klein B.C. 1954
Gene Robillard B.C. 1954
Gerry Hogan Montreal 1954-57
Dr. Bob MacLellan Montreal 1955-60
Ron Murphy Montreal 1958-61
Len Sigurdson Saskatchewan 1958
Joe Poirier Ottawa 1959-70
Chuck Wood Ottawa 1962-63
Ian Monteith Winnipeg 1963
Dr. Willie Lambert Montreal 1964
Peter Howlett Montreal 1967-69
George Springate Montreal 1970-72
Dan Dulmage Hamilton 1973-74
Don Cowie Calgary 1975
Hector Pothier Edmonton 1978-89
Marc Lacelle Montreal 1981-82
Paul Gohier Hamilton 1983
Tony Lawson Toronto 1983-84
Floyd Salazar Toronto 1988-89 1991, Hamilton 1990
Robin Belanger B.C. Lions 1989-92, Toronto 1992
Michael Soles Edmonton 1989-95, Montreal 1996-1999
Gerry Ifill Toronto 1990
Christian Masotti Edmonton 1991
Francois Belanger Toronto 1993-94
Val St. Germain Ham. 94-98, Edm. 99-01, Ott. 02-05, Win 05-07, Sask 07
Matthieu Quiviger Montreal 1996
Ryan Coughlin Montreal 1997-99
Samir Chahine Edm. 98-01, Tor. 01, Ham. 02, Cal. 03, Ott. 04-05
Dan Pronyk Hamilton 1998
J.P. Darche Toronto (CFL) 99, Seattle (NFL) 00-06, KC (NFL) 07-08
Randy Chevrier Dallas (NFL) 01, Cincinnati (NFL) 01, Edm 02-03, Cal 05-
Ben Wearing Winnipeg 2001
John Macdonald Hamilton 2002-03
Stephen Young Winnipeg 2003, Montreal 2004
Mike Mahoney Calgary 2004, Saskatchewan 2005-07
Jim Merrick Hamilton 2004
Robert LeBlanc Edmonton 2005
Greg Hetherington Calgary 2007, B.C. Lions 2008-09
Jean-Nicolas Carrière Toronto 2008-09
Erik Galas Montreal 2009
Anthony Lukca Toronto 2009-
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
º«¹úÂãÎè Athletics
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