McGill's Lukca signs pact with Argos
TORONTO - Anthony Lucka, an all-conference defensive back with the McGill University Redmen, has signed a two-year contract as a long-snapper with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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.
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.
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 McGill and the next season he was named McGill'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.
McGill Redmen in Pro Football
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-
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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