Dean Dorsey is a retired Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 placekicker

Placekicker

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 in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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 and the National Football League

National Football League

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. He played college football

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 at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Dorsey took over kicking duties with the Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

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 with the departure of Zenon Andrusyshyn

Zenon Andrusyshyn

Zenon Andrusyshyn of Ukrainian parents is a former Canadian Football League punter and kicker from for the Toronto Argonauts. He played in 1978 for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He later played with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League from 1983–1985...

 during the 1982 CFL season

1982 CFL season

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, playing seven regular season and two playoff games. He began a long association with Ottawa

Ottawa Rough Riders

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 football in the 1984 CFL season

1984 CFL season

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 playing through the 1990 CFL season

1990 CFL season

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. He has gone on to coach the Ottawa Junior Riders

Ottawa Junior Riders

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 from 1997 to 1998 and was a volunteer coach for the Ottawa Renegades

Ottawa Renegades

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. He was even briefly considered as a replacement kicker for an injured Dan Giancola

Dan Giancola

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 for the expansion Renegades before they finally signed Lawrence Tynes

Lawrence Tynes

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 in September 2002.

Dorsey tried his hand with the NFL

National Football League

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 when he signed as a free-agent with the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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 in 1988, played three regular season games with Green Bay, then three games with Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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, going 5-for-10 in field goals (34 long) and 12-for-13 in conversion attempts.